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On a role of problem solving methods in knowledge acquisition

Experiments with diagnostic strategies

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A Future for Knowledge Acquisition (EKAW 1994)

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Libraries with re-usable knowledge components are becoming increasingly important in Knowledge Acquisition. We propose a library of problem solving methods for diagnosis and describe some experiments and results concerning the usefulness of such a library for constructing and analyzing diagnostic strategies. A key notion is that each problem solving method is associated with suitability criteria, which are exploited in the process.

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  1. Laboratory of Integrated Systems, Escola Politécnica of the University of São Paulo (EPUSP), Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto 158 - trav. 3, 05508-900, Sõ Paulo, Brazil

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Benjamins, R. (1994). On a role of problem solving methods in knowledge acquisition. In: Steels, L., Schreiber, G., Van de Velde, W. (eds) A Future for Knowledge Acquisition. EKAW 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 867. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58487-0_8

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