Knowledge Engineering
Subtitle: Unifying Knowledge Base and Database Design
By: by John Debenham
Series: Artificial Intelligence; Artificial intelligence
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 466
ISBN-13: 9783642720369; 9783642720345
Subjects: Software engineering; Computer science; Artificial intelligence; Database management
Description: This book is a systematic and detailed description of a design methodology for knowledge-based systems. Such systems contain knowledge as well as information and data. The information and data can be modeled and implemented as a database, the knowledge can be implemented either in a programming language or in an expert systems shell. The methodology has two special features: It is unified, i.e., it represents the data, information, and knowledge in a homogeneous manner, as well as the relationships between them. Also, it builds a maintenance mechanism into the design. An additional benefit of the book is its thorough treatment of constraints for knowledge and for knowledge-based systems. Presenting the material in both a formal and a practical way, it is intended for practitioners as well as researchers and advanced students.
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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Fundamentals; title: Non-Unified Design; title: Items; title: Objects; title: Schema; title: Normalisation; title: Specification; title: Analysis; title: Function; title: Layout; title: Maintenance; title: Case Study; title: References; title: Subject Index.