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Using dialog-controlled rule systems in a maintenance module for knowledge bases

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Dialog-controlled rule systems were introduced as a tool to describe the way in which theWimdas system for knowledge-based analysis of marketing data manages its dialog with the user. In this paper we shall discuss how dialog-controlled rule systems can be used to specify a formal language aiding a knowledge engineer in maintaining a system's knowledge base. Although this language is finite, it must be defined generically, being too extensive to be enumerated. In contrast to the well-known traditional methods for defining formal languages — using finite automata, regular expressions or grammars — our method can be applied by a user who need not be an expert in theoretical computer science.

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  1. Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsinformatik III, Universität Mannheim, Schloß, D-68131, Mannheim, Germany

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Research for this paper was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

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Kiel, R., Schader, M. Using dialog-controlled rule systems in a maintenance module for knowledge bases. Ann Oper Res 52, 171–180 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02032128

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