Fiscal Year:
1986
Title:
MULTIPLE FORMS OF KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION WITHIN A SINGLE EXPERT SYSTEM
Agency / Branch:
DOD / USAF
Contract:
N/A
Award Amount:
$509,000.00
Abstract:
THERE ARE SEVEN PRINCIPAL METHODS OF REPRESENTING KNOWLEDGE IN AN EXPERT OR OTHERWISE INTELLIGENT COMPUTER SYSTEM, EACH METHOD BEST SUITED TO A DIFFERENT KIND OF KNOWLEDGE. THEY ARE: LOGIC, PROCEDURAL REPRESENTATIONS, SEMANTIC NETWORKS, PRODUCTION SYSTEMS, DIRECT (ANALOGICAL) REPRESENTATION, SEMANTIC PRIMITIVES, AND FRAMES AND SCRIPTS. THESE HAVE MAINLY BEEN USED INDIVIDUALLY. HOWEVER, PROBLEM-SOLVING (A MAJOR GOAL OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS) OFTEN REQUIRES THE USE OF MORE THAN ONE KNOWLEDGE. IS IT POSSIBLE FOR AN INTELLIGENT SYSTEM TO EMPLOY MORE THAN ONE KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION SCHEME AND TO USE KNOWLEDGE FROM MORE THAN ONE SCHEME IN ITS REASONING OR PROBLEM-SOLVING? PHASE I PROPOSAL IS TO SELECT TWO REPRESENTATION SCHEMES AND TO DESIGN RESEARCH PROCEDURES TO USE THEM COOPERATIVELY IN PROBLEM-SOLVING. EVAULATIONS WILL BE EXPLORED BOTH OF REPRESENTING DIFFERENT KNOWLEDGE IN DIFFERENT KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION SCHEMES AND OF REPRESENTING THE SAME KNOWLEDGE IN TWO DIFFERENT KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION SCHEMES.
Principal Investigator:
Dr Kenneth L Hamilton
7039980922
Business Contact:
Small Business Information at Submission:
Technicom International Corp.
5113 Leesburg Pike Suite 700 Falls Church, VA 22041
EIN/Tax ID:
DUNS:
N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned:
No
Minority-Owned:
No
HUBZone-Owned:
No