Title :
Using the KADS methodology: expert systems in farm management
Author :
Todd, E.G. ; Gray, D.I. ; Kemp, E.A. ; Lockhart, J.C. ; Parker, W.J.
Author_Institution :
Massey Univ., Palmerston North, New Zealand
Abstract :
Farmer decision making is an important area of farm management research. An expert systems development methodology, KADS, provides a method for analyzing the decision making processes of farmers. The KADS method provides a library of generic task models to guide the knowledge acquisition process. KADS facilitates the differentiation of domain knowledge from procedural knowledge. The authors report on the application of KADS to develop a task model of the decision making processes used by four expert seasonal supply dairy partners over the summer-autumn period
Keywords :
dairying; decision support systems; expert systems; knowledge acquisition; KADS library; KADS methodology; domain knowledge; expert systems development methodology; farm management; farmer decision making; generic task models; knowledge acquisition process; procedural knowledge; seasonal supply dairy partners; summer-autumn period; Costs; Dairy products; Decision making; Expert systems; Knowledge acquisition; Knowledge engineering; Production; Productivity; Profitability; Project management;
Conference_Titel :
Artificial Neural Networks and Expert Systems, 1993. Proceedings., First New Zealand International Two-Stream Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dunedin
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-4260-2
DOI :
10.1109/ANNES.1993.323028
