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Socrates: A flexible toolkit for building logic-based expert systems.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1988
ISSN
0950-7051
Abstract
This paper describes the architecture of the Socrates toolkit for building expert systems. The authors analyse the problems associated with existing expert system tools and propose a solution based on the use of logic and meta-level inference. The abstract architecture for the toolkit is described which embodies this combination of logic and meta-level inference. This architecture can be instantiated to create a system that is specialized for a particular application. This specialization process can be seen as a methodology for building expert systems. The three stages of this methodology are discussed in detail, along with descriptions of how the Socrates toolkit supports it. The current implementation of Socrates, plus a number of applications of the toolkit are described, and the open problems are discussed.
Language
en_US
Publisher
Elsevier
Recommended Citation
Corlett, R., Davies, N., Khan, R. Reichgelt, H. & van Harmelen, F. (1988). Socrates: A flexible toolkit for building logic-based expert systems. Knowledge-based Systems, 1(3), 132-142. doi: 10.1016/0950-7051(88)90071-8
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Comments
Citation only. Full-text article is available through licensed access provided by the publisher. Published in Knowledge-based Systems, 1(3), 132-142. doi: 10.1016/0950-7051(88)90071-8