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Overview of Knowledge-Based Systems

Knowledge based systems (KBS) are expert systems that contain stored knowledge and solve problems through reasoning like humans. A KBS has two core components - a knowledge base that stores rules, facts and metadata, and an inference engine that uses reasoning and search strategies to solve problems and provide other services. A KBS is characterized by its use of symbolic representation to model a domain of interest and solve problems through symbol manipulation.

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Overview of Knowledge-Based Systems

Knowledge based systems (KBS) are expert systems that contain stored knowledge and solve problems through reasoning like humans. A KBS has two core components - a knowledge base that stores rules, facts and metadata, and an inference engine that uses reasoning and search strategies to solve problems and provide other services. A KBS is characterized by its use of symbolic representation to model a domain of interest and solve problems through symbol manipulation.

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Knowledge Based System

KBSs are computer systems that contains stored knowledge and solve problems like humans.
Their core components are -

• knowledge-base (rules, facts, meta-knowledge)


• inference engine (reasoning and search strategy for solution, other services)

characteristics of KBSs:

• intelligent information processing systems


• representation of domain of interest - > symbolic representation
• problem solving-> by symbol - manipulation

=> symbolic programs

STRUCTURE

Explanation Case specific


subsystem database

User
User
interface

Inference
engine

Knowledge
base
Knowledge
Knowledge Developer's
acquisition
engineer interface
subsystem

knowledge-base (KB) : It contains knowledge about the field of interest (in natural language-
like formalism). It is a symbolically described system-specification. KNOWLEDGE-
REPRESENTATION METHOD!

inference engine: Its is an engine of problem solving (general problem solving knowledge)
and supports the operation of the other components. PROBLEM SOLVING METHOD!

case-specific database : It is an auxiliary component. It comprises of specific information


(information from outside, initial data of the concrete problem) and information obtained during
reasoning.

Explanation subsystem: It contains the explanation of system’s actions in case of user’s


request. Typical explanation facilities:

1. Explanation during problem solving:


• WHY... (explanative reasoning, intelligent help, tracing information about the
actual reasoning steps)
• WHAT IF... (hypothetical reasoning, conditional assignment and its
consequences, can be withdrawn)
• WHAT IS ... (gleaning in knowledge-base and case-specific database)

1. Explanation after problem solving:


• HOW ... (explanative reasoning, information about the way the result has been
found)
• WHY NOT ... (explanative reasoning, finding counter-examples)
• WHAT IS ... (gleaning in knowledge-base and case-specific database)

Knowledge acquisition subsystem: Its main tasks are:

• checking the syntax of knowledge elements


• checking the consistency of KB (verification, validation)
• knowledge extraction, building KB
• automatic logging and book-keeping of the changes of KB
• tracing facilities (handling breakpoints, automatic monitoring and reporting the values
of knowledge elements)

user interface (→ user) : dialogue on natural language (consultation/ suggestion)

Specially intefaces: comprises of database and other connections

Developer interface (→ knowledge engineer, human expert)

Knowledge engineer selects the knowledge representation method and reasoning strategy. He is
also responsible for the implementation of knowledge-based system.
Other tasks are -
• knowledge acquisition and design of KBS: determination, classification, refinement
and formalization of methods, thumb-rules and procedures
• verification and validation of KB
• KB maintenance

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