Enlighten: A Low Cost Unified Expert System Tool for Manufacturing

Abstract

The positive impact of expert system technology upon manufacturing can be heightened by eliminating some of the impediments in the creation of knowledge based systems. This report discusses the development of a semantic- based expert system development software tool, titled Enlighten, which is able to acquire, refine and deliver knowledge from a domain expert with limited computer expertise. Enlighten builds upon the Apple Macintosh philosophy for the user interface providing a tool that non-computer literate experts can use without the need of an intermediary. The design effort relies on semantic interpretation of typed English like statements to create linked hierarchies of related concepts. Significant challenges in semantic interpretation and knowledge representation were encountered and are documented in this report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA243972

Entities

People

  • M. Samadar
  • P. A. Evans
  • P. W. Kennedy
  • R. F. Matejka
  • R. S. Insley

Organizations

  • Universal Technology Corporation (United States)

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Program Documentation
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Expert Systems
  • Grammars
  • Knowledge Based Systems
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Natural Languages
  • Object Oriented Programming
  • Operating Systems
  • United States
  • User Interface
  • Word Processors

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Economics