KADS: A Principled Approach to Knowledge-Based System Development (Knowledge-Based Systems) Export

@book{Schreiber:!993:KADS, abstract = {KADS is a structured methodology for the development of knowledge based systems which has been adopted throughout the world by academic and industrial professionals alike. KADS approaches development as a modeling activity. Two key characteristics of KADS are the use of multiple models to cope with the complexity of knowledge engineering and the use of knowledge-level descriptions as an immediate model between system design and expertise data. The result is that KADS enables effective KBS construction by building a computational model of desired behavior for a particular problem domain. KADS contains three section: the Theoretical Basis of KADS, Languages and Tools, and Applications. Together they form a comprehensive sourcebook of the how and why of the KADS methodology. KADS will be required reading for all academic and industrial professionals concerned with building knowledge-based systems. It will also be a valuable source for students of knowledge acquisition and KBS. * SPECIAL FEATURES: * KADS is the most widely used commercial structured methodology for KBS development in Europe and is becoming one of the few significant AI exports to the US. * Describes KADS from its Theoretical Basis, through Language and Tool Developments, to real Applications.}, author = {Schreiber}, citeulike-article-id = {4501430}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&path=ASIN/0126290407}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike01-21&path=ASIN/0126290407}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike06-21&path=ASIN/0126290407}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.amazon.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/0126290407}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0126290407/citeulike00-21}, citeulike-linkout-5 = {http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike07-20&path=ASIN/0126290407}, citeulike-linkout-6 = {http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/0126290407}, citeulike-linkout-7 = {http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0126290407}, citeulike-linkout-8 = {http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?keywords=0126290407&index=books&linkCode=qs}, citeulike-linkout-9 = {http://www.librarything.com/isbn/0126290407}, edition = {1}, howpublished = {Paperback}, isbn = {0126290407}, month = {May}, posted-at = {2009-05-10 20:00:32}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Academic Press}, title = {KADS: A Principled Approach to Knowledge-Based System Development (Knowledge-Based Systems)}, url = {http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike07-20&path=ASIN/0126290407}, year = {1993} }

TY - BOOK ID - Schreiber:!993:KADS L3 - citeulike-article-id:4501430 N2 - KADS is a structured methodology for the development of knowledge based systems which has been adopted throughout the world by academic and industrial professionals alike. KADS approaches development as a modeling activity. Two key characteristics of KADS are the use of multiple models to cope with the complexity of knowledge engineering and the use of knowledge-level descriptions as an immediate model between system design and expertise data. The result is that KADS enables effective KBS construction by building a computational model of desired behavior for a particular problem domain. KADS contains three section: the Theoretical Basis of KADS, Languages and Tools, and Applications. Together they form a comprehensive sourcebook of the how and why of the KADS methodology. KADS will be required reading for all academic and industrial professionals concerned with building knowledge-based systems. It will also be a valuable source for students of knowledge acquisition and KBS. * SPECIAL FEATURES: * KADS is the most widely used commercial structured methodology for KBS development in Europe and is becoming one of the few significant AI exports to the US. * Describes KADS from its Theoretical Basis, through Language and Tool Developments, to real Applications. SN - 0126290407 TI - KADS: A Principled Approach to Knowledge-Based System Development (Knowledge-Based Systems) PB - Academic Press AU - Schreiber PY - 1993/05/19/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&path=ASIN/0126290407 ER -