The modeling of human cognitive decision processes in the intelligent machine model (TIMMTM)

The Intelligent Machine Model (TIMM^TM) is a software package that enables a user to build an "expert system"--that is, a system which is capable of providing expert advice in some well-defined domain of expertise. To accomplish this, (TIMM^TM) attempts to represent some of the analog character of the real world domain, in addition to a standard rule base. This extra information defines a metric over the rule base. This metric allows (TIMM^TM) to model some distinctly human capabilities. (TIMM^TM) is able to reach decisions for new, uncertain, and incompletely defined situations. (TIMM^TM) is able to examine its own rule base and suggest new rules that seem appropriate for the domain. These are important capabilities for real world expert systems.