Application of ACQUIRE, an automated knowledge acquisition system, to industrial maintenance and maintenance training

Acquired Intelligence Inc. is developing a knowledge-based intelligent tutoring system, ACQUIRE, to work in conjunction with ACQUIRE-KAS, an automated knowledge acquisition system. The authors describe the authoring tools and the development of the industrial maintenance training application. The authors discuss knowledge acquisition, the major issue involved in developing knowledge-based systems, and knowledge-based instructional systems. The specific methodology and automated tools used to develop an instructional system are described. This is followed by a brief description of the industrial test site and its particular problems. The development of the tutoring application is described, including a presentation of the successes and failures of the authoring and tutoring software