ExpertPriz — an integrated expert system shell

摘要

In this paper, hybrid expert system building tools are discussed. The PC-based expert system shell Expert-Priz, allowing shallow and deep knowledge to be coupled in a quite simple way, is introduced. ExpertPriz includes an inductive expert subsystem and a computational (conceptual programming) subsystem (solver) to handle shallow (expert) knowledge and deep (conceptual) knowledge, respectively. These subsystems can be used separately as well as in cooperation. The solver and expert subsystem and corresponding knowledge representation methods are described in the paper. The two interaction modes between these subsystems, ‘expert needs solver’ and ‘solver needs expert’, are discussed and illustrated by an example.