Publisher's Synopsis
This work examines knowledge acquisition, and presents a new methodology to facilitate expert system construction in domains where system end users require multiple, but related, knowledge bases. With the approach described, system builders use computer-based tools to create models of the general application tasks to be performed. Other computer-based tools are then generated automatically, enabling application specialists to enter directly the details of particular tasks.;The book builds on the seminal research work on medical expert systems performed at Stanford University, USA, under the ONCOCIN project.;It is aimed at expert systems builders, knowledge acquisition researchers, and workers in medical informatics.
