Knowledge Engineering - Knowledge Engineering Principles

Knowledge Engineering Principles

Since the mid-1980s, knowledge engineers have developed a number of principles, methods and tools to improve the knowledge acquisition and ordering. Some of the key principles are:

  • There are different:
    • types of knowledge each requiring its own approach and technique.
    • types of experts and expertise, such that methods should be chosen appropriately.
    • ways of representing knowledge, which can aid the acquisition, validation and re-use of knowledge.
    • ways of using knowledge, so that the acquisition process can be guided by the project aims (goal-oriented).
  • Structured methods increase the efficiency of the acquisition process.
  • Knowledge Engineering is the process of eliciting Knowledge for any purpose be it Expert system or AI development

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