KSM: An Environment for Design of Structured Knowledge Models

Cuena, José; Molina, Martín

doi:10.1142/9789812819918_0007

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“…The above system has been implemented on top of the KSM knowledge modelling tool [8], developed at the Artificial Intelligence Department of the Technical University of Madrid, and has been applied to different test cases. The final version of this system, using efficient software components, has been installed at the end of 1998 at a particular test site that included several network nodes in Ukraine [24].…”

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“…This modelling approach considers the existence of an abstract knowledge level [18] at which the knowledge can functionally described on the basis of its role, independently on the particular symbolic representation. Some recent methodologies for system development (such as KADS [23], KSM [8], Protégé-II [19] and KREST [15]) follow this model-based approach. Any of these methodologies organise the knowledge according to certain structuring principles.…”

Section: The Knowledge Modelling Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although there is a variety of methodologies and tools that support design and implementation of "monolithic" knowledge-based systems (e.g. [25,8,20,15]), similar approaches for multiagent system design (e.g. [16,12,4]) are still in quite initial stages.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Knowledge Modelling in Multiagent Systems: The Case of the Management of a National Network

Molina

Ossowskí

1999

Intelligence in Services and Networks Paving the Way for an Open Service Market

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Abstract. This paper presents the knowledge model of a distributed decision support system, that has been designed for the management of a national network in Ukraine. It shows how advanced Artificial Intelligence techniques (multiagent systems and knowledge modelling) have been applied to solve this real-world decision support problem: on the one hand its distributed nature, implied by different loci of decision-making at the network nodes, suggested to apply a multiagent solution; on the other, due to the complexity of problemsolving for local network administration, it was useful to apply knowledge modelling techniques, in order to structure the different knowledge types and reasoning processes involved. The paper sets out from a description of our particular management problem. Subsequently, our agent model is described, pointing out the local problem-solving and coordination knowledge models. Finally, the dynamics of the approach is illustrated by an example.

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Knowledge Modelling in Multiagent Systems: The Case of the Management of a National Network

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1999

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“…These proposals include mechanisms (knowledge-based components implementing a basic problem-solving method that carries out a generic task) used in the PROTÉGÉ-II software tool [23], the application kit with solution methods (LISP code fragments implementing basic functions) that is used in the KREST software tool [18], and also the type of components that we propose in this article (called primitives of representation), used within the KSM software tool [8,9]. This type of components presents two main differences with the type of components used in software engineering: (1) they include an internal knowledge-based architecture, with a local knowledge base with a rich declarative representation which increases the flexibility for their adaptation, and (2) they present an important analogy with the descriptive entities used during the formalisation of knowledge models.…”

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“…According to this view, we developed a software environment that helps developers to build models following a knowledge modelling view [8,9] (http://www.isys.dia.fi.upm.es/ksm). This environment, called KSM (Knowledge Structure Manager), provides the developers with a set of high level descriptive entities to formulate a complex knowledge model ( figure 1).…”

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Reusable Knowledge-Based Components for Building Software Applications: A Knowledge Modelling Approach

Molina¹,

Sierra²,

Cuena³

1999

Int. J. Soft. Eng. Knowl. Eng.

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Abstract.In computer science, different types of reusable components for building software applications were proposed as a direct consequence of the emergence of new software programming paradigms. The success of these components for building applications depends on factors such as the flexibility in their combination or the facility for their selection in centralised or distributed environments such as internet.In this article, we propose a general type of reusable component, called primitive of representation, inspired by a knowledge-based approach that can promote reusability. The proposal can be understood as a generalisation of existing partial solutions that is applicable to both software and knowledge engineering for the development of hybrid applications that integrate conventional and knowledge based techniques.The article presents the structure and use of the component and describes our recent experience in the development of real-world applications based on this approach.

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A structure of problem-solving methods for real-time decision support in traffic control

Molina¹,

Á²,

Cuena³

1998

International Journal of Human-Computer Studies

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This article describes a knowledge-based application in the domain of road traffic management that we have developed following a knowledge modelling approach and the notion of problem-solving method. The article presents first a domain-independent model for a real-time decision support as a structured collection of problem solving methods. Then, it is described how this general model is used to develop an operational version for the domain of traffic management. For this purpose, a particular knowledge modelling tool, called Knowledge Structure Manager (KSM) was applied. Finally, the article shows an application developed for a traffic network of the city of Madrid and it is compared with a second application developed for a different traffic area of the city of Barcelona.

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KSM: An Environment for Design of Structured Knowledge Models

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Reusable Knowledge-Based Components for Building Software Applications: A Knowledge Modelling Approach

A structure of problem-solving methods for real-time decision support in traffic control

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