The design of knowledge systems is finding myriad applications from corporate databases to general decision support in areas as diverse as engineering, manufacturing and other industrial processes, medicine, business, and economics. In engineering, for example, knowledge bases can be utilized for reliable electric power system operation. In medicine they support complex diagnoses, while in business they inform the process of strategic planning. Programmed securities trading and the defeat of chess champion Kasparov by IBM's Big Blue are two familiar examples of dedicated knowledge bases in combination with an expert system for decision-making.
With volumes covering "Implementation," "Optimization," "Computer Techniques," and "Systems and Applications," this comprehensive set constitutes a unique reference source for students, practitioners, and researchers in computer science, engineering, and the broad range of applications areas for knowledge-based systems.
Contributors
Preface
Volume – 1
Chapter 1 : Active Knowledge-Based Systems
Chapter 2 : Knowledge Development Expert Systems and Their Application in Nutrition
Chapter 3 : Geometric Knowledge-Based Systems Framework for Structural Image Analysis and Postprocessing
Chapter 4 : Intensive Knowledge-Based Enterprise Modelling
Chapter 5 : Communication Model for Module-Based Knowledge Systems
Chapter 6 : Using Knowledge Distribution in Requirements Engineering
Chapter 7 : A Universal Representation Paradigm for Knowledge Base Structuring Methods
Chapter 8 : Database Systems Techniques and Tools in Automatic Knowledge Acquisition for Rule-Based Expert Systems
Chapter 9 : Knowledge Acquisition via Bottom-Up Learning
Chapter 10 : Acquiring and Assessing Knowledge from Multiple Experts Using Graphical Representations
Chapter 11 : Treating Uncertain Knowledge-Based Databases
Volume – 2
Chapter 12 : Geometric Knowledge-Based Systems Framework for Fingerprint Image Classification
Chapter 13 : Geometric Knowledge-Based Systems Framework for Stereo Image Matching
Chapter 14 : Data Mining and Deductive Databases
Chapter 15 : Knowledge Discovery from Unsupervised Data in Support of Decision Making
Chapter 16 : Knowledge Processing in Control Systems
Chapter 17 : Using Domain Knowledge in Knowledge Discovery : An Optimization Perspective
Chapter 18 : Dynamic Structuring of Intelligent Computer Control Systems
Chapter 19 : The Dynamic Construction of Knowledge-Based Systems
Chapter 20 : Petri Nets in Knowledge Verification and Validation of Rule-Based Expert Systems
Chapter 21 : Assembling Techniques for Building Knowledge-Based Systems
Chapter 22 : Self-Learning Knowledge Systems and Fuzzy Systems and Their Applications
Volume – 3
Chapter 23 : Knowledge Learning Systems Techniques Utilizing Neurosystems and Their Application to Power Alarm Processing Systems
Chapter 24 : Assembly Systems
Chapter 25 : Knowledge-Based Hybrid Techniques Combined with Simulation : Application to Robust Manufacturing Systems
Chapter 26 : Performance Evaluation and Tuning of UNIX-Based Software Systems
Chapter 27 : Case-Based Reasoning
Chapter 28 : Production Planning and Control with Learning Technologies : Simulation and Optimization of Complex Production Processes
Chapter 29 : Learning and Tuning Fuzzy Rule-Based Systems for Linguistic Modeling
Chapter 30 : Knowledge Learning Techniques for Discrete Time Control Systems
Chapter 31 : Automatic Learning Approaches for Electric Power Systems
Chapter 32 : Design Knowledge Development for Productivity Enhancement in Concurrent Systems Design
Volume – 4
Chapter 33 : Expert Systems in Power Systems Control
Chapter 34 : A Knowledge Modeling Technique for Construction of Knowledge and Databases
Chapter 35 : The Representation of Positional Information
Chapter 36 : Petri Net Models in the Restoration of Power Systems Following System Collapse
Chapter 37 : The Development of VLSI Systems
Chapter 38 : Expert Systems in Foundry Operations
Chapter 39 : Knowledge-Based Systems in Scheduling
Chapter 40 : The Integration and Visualization of Assembly Sequences in Manufacturing Systems
Chapter 41 : Knowledge-Based Decision Support Techniques and Their Application in Transportation Planning Systems
Index
