An Explanation Facility for the ROSIE (Tradename) Knowledge Engineering Language

Abstract

This report describes te design and implementation of an explanation faciltiy for the ROSIE knowledge engineering language, an expert system building environment developed at The Rand Corporation. An explanation facility is critical in the construction and utilizatoin of an expert system, since it provides the mechanisms by which the expert system can explain its performance. These mechanisms typically show the user (1) why and how the expert system reached a given conclusion, (2) why the system asked for particular information, (3) how rules and data got added to the knowledge base, (4) what is the purpose of a rule or rulest, and (5) why the use of a rule is justified.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA174505

Entities

People

  • Bruce Florman
  • Donald A. Waterman
  • James R. Kipps
  • Jody Paul

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Strikes
  • Aircrafts
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Attrition
  • Computations
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Expert Systems
  • Information Processing
  • Military Planning
  • Programming Languages
  • Rules Of Engagement
  • Standards

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  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Systems Analysis and Design