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Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Old Dominion University

Computer Science Theses & Dissertations

1991

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Effectiveness Analysis Of Knowledge Bases, Shensheng Zhao Apr 1991

Effectiveness Analysis Of Knowledge Bases, Shensheng Zhao

Computer Science Theses & Dissertations

Knowledge base systems (expert systems) are entering a critical stage as interest spreads from university research to practical applications. If knowledge base systems are to withstand this transition, special attention must be paid to checking their effectiveness. The issue of effectiveness analysis of knowledge base systems has been largely ignored and few works have been published in this field. This dissertation shows how the effectiveness of a knowledge base system can be defined, discussed and analyzed at the knowledge base system level and the knowledge base level. We characterize the effectiveness of a knowledge base system in terms of minimality, …


Integration Of Abductive And Deductive Inference Diagnosis Model And Its Application In Intelligent Tutoring System, Jingying Zhang Jan 1991

Integration Of Abductive And Deductive Inference Diagnosis Model And Its Application In Intelligent Tutoring System, Jingying Zhang

Computer Science Theses & Dissertations

This dissertation presents a diagnosis model, Integration of Abductive and Deductive Inference diagnosis model (IADI), in the light of the cognitive processes of human diagnosticians. In contrast with other diagnosis models, that are based on enumerating, tracking and classifying approaches, the IADI diagnosis model relies on different inferences to solve the diagnosis problems. Studies on a human diagnosticians' process show that a diagnosis process actually is a hypothesizing process followed by a verification process. The IADI diagnosis model integrates abduction and deduction to simulate these processes. The abductive inference captures the plausible features of this hypothesizing process while the deductive …