A Graphical Aid to IKBS Program Development,

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Abstract:

IKBS developments a BAe Warton fall into two categories real-time airborne applications of system-automation and tactical-decision-aid type, and ground-based expert systems. The first of these presents major difficulties with regard to Quality Assurance testing of the codes produced, while the second suffers from the inappropriateness of stand-alone workstations and classical AI approaches within the industrial aerospace context. BAe Warton is applying its extensive experience in conventional software methodologies to the new demands presented by IKBS, both to the developer and the user. One of the tools under development is known a GRIN Graphical Representation of an Inference Network, and is described, together with an overview of the Warton approach to AI, in the present paper, GRIN presents an inference network in a dynamic diagrammatic form, which maximises the users comprehension of the the knowledge base, and hence eases development and maintenance of an IKBS. It is considered that this tool and the philosophy behind it will reinforce the view that IKBS represents a natural extension of programming technology rather than a radical change. Author

Author(s):
Kearney, P. J. ; Hunt, B.
Author Organization(s):
BRITISH AEROSPACE PLC WARTON (ENGLAND) MILITARY AIRCRAFT DIV
Supplementary Note:
This article is from 'Information Management and Decision Making in Advanced Airborne Weapon Systems: Conference Proceedings of the Aerospace Medical Panel Symposium Held in Toronto, Canada on 15-18 April 1986,' AD-A184 044, p21-1-21-18.
Pagination:
0018

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Collection: TR
Subject Terms
Modernization Areas:
AI and Machine Learning
Communities of Interest:
Biomedical
Descriptor(s):
*COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, *SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, *COMPUTER GRAPHICS, DECISION MAKING, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, PROTOTYPES, PROBLEM SOLVING, QUALITY ASSURANCE
Field(s)/Group(s):
Computer Programming and Software
Keyword(s):
Component Reports, GRIN(Graphical Representation of an Inference Network), Expert systems, NATO furnished
Report Date:
1987 Feb 01