Guidon-Watch: A Graphic Interface for Viewing a Knowledge-Based System.

Abstract

This paper describes GUIDON-WATCH, a graphic interface that uses multiple windows and a mouse to allow a student to browse a knowledge base and view reasoning processes during diagnostic problem solving. Methods are presented for providing multiple views of hierarchical structures, overlaying results of a search process on top of static structures to make the strategy visible, and pictorially expressing evidence relations between findings and hypotheses. This work demonstrates the advantages of stating a diagnostic search procedure in a well-structured, rule-based language, separate from domain knowledge. A number of issues in software design are also considered, including the automatic management of a multiple-window display. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA162190

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  • Mark H. Richer
  • William J. Clancey

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  • Stanford University

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  • Artificial Intelligence
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  • Computer Graphics
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