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Integration of formal concept analysis in a knowledge-based assistant

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To build a knowledge base for an intelligent help system, as Aran, is an essential and difficult phase. In Aran, a knowledge based assistant to help users in the use of UNIX systems, we integrate the traditional manual approach of conceptual information structuring with a complementary one based on Formal Concept Analysis (FCA). FCA allow us to obtain the domain formal concepts (semi) automatically and to organise the information around them.

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Fernandez-Manjon, B., Navarro, A., Cigarran, J.M., Fernandez-Valmayor, A. (1998). Integration of formal concept analysis in a knowledge-based assistant. In: Mira, J., del Pobil, A.P., Ali, M. (eds) Methodology and Tools in Knowledge-Based Systems. IEA/AIE 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1415. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-64582-9_741

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