Integrating Neural Network and Expert Reasoning: An Example

Abstract

In this paper we describe a shell which has been developed to allow an integration of neural network and expert systems technology. The system, SCRuFFy, is based on an analysis of the different abilities and time courses of NN and Al systems. Critical to the processing of this system is a temporal pattern matcher which is used to mediate between the two subsystems, providing a signal to symbol mapping. This mapping allows the expert system to reason about the time course of signals which are classified by a connectionist network which is trained via classical back-propagation of error during a separate training phase. An example of the simulated control of the temperature of an underwater welding robot is presented to demonstrate these capabilities. Neural nets, Artificial Intelligence, Expert Systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA257215

Entities

People

  • James Hendler
  • Leonard Dickens

Organizations

  • University of Maryland

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Signals
  • Applied Computer Science
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Artificial Intelligence Computing
  • Artificial Intelligence Software
  • Classification
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Science
  • Control Systems
  • Digital Signal Processing
  • Expert Systems
  • Hybrid Systems
  • Information Processing
  • Machine Learning
  • Neural Networks
  • Reasoning
  • Signal Processing

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Neural Network Machine Learning.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • AI & ML - Neural Networks
  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Autonomous System Control