Fiscal Year:
1985
Title:
INVESTIGATION OF KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING APPLICATION TO SQAM REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS MEASURES
Agency / Branch:
DOD / ARMY
Contract:
N/A
Award Amount:
$466,881.00
Abstract:
THE GENERATION OF REQUIREMENT ANALYSIS MEASURES CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE "EXPERT SYSTEM" APPROACH. IF A COMPUTER PROGRAM IS DEVELOPED WHERE THE INPUTS OF AN EXPERIENCED EVALUATION ENGINEER CAN BE STORED A SET OF LOGICAL QUESTIONS DEFINED AND A METHOD FOR ITS PROGRESSION (INFERENCE ENGINE) THEN A POWERFUL STANDARDIZED SOFTWARE QUALITY TOOL WILL BE AVAILABLE. THE NATURAL APPLICATION OF A PRACTICAL AI SYSTEMS WILL RESULT IN THE LOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS MEASURES. THIS STUDY DEMONSTRATES THAT A PRACTICAL "EXPERT SYSTEM" CAN BE APPLIED TO THE SOLUTION OF THE REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS PROBLEM. A SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSESSMENT AND MEASUREMENT (SQAM) KNOWLEDGE BASE SYSTEM WILL BE DEFINED WHICH WITH "EXPERT" GUIDANCE CAN BE EXPANDED TO PROVIDE A RELATIONAL SET OF REQUIREMENTS. USING A COMMERICALLY AVAILABLE SOFTWARE SYSTEM A DEMONSTRATION KNOWLEDGE BASE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED. THE INFERENCE RUELS NECESSARY FOR A REQUIREMENTS ASSESSMENT WILL BE DEVELOPED. A KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION SYSTEM WILL BE EVALUATED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE CAPABILITY TO UPDATE THE KNOWLEDGE BASE.
Principal Investigator:
Mr. John L. Wentz
8174611242
Business Contact:
Small Business Information at Submission:
Technology Development Of Cal
624 Six Flags Drive Suite 130 Arlington, TX 76011
EIN/Tax ID:
DUNS:
N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned:
No
Minority-Owned:
No
HUBZone-Owned:
No