An open framework for cooperative problem solving

Author

Gaspari, Mauro ; Motta, Enrito ; Stutt, Arthur

Author_Institution

Dipartimento di Sci. dell´´Inf., Bologna Univ., Italy

Volume

10

Issue

3

fYear

1995

fDate

6/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

48

Lastpage

55

Abstract

The Vital-KR, a software architecture for the development of hybrid knowledge-based applications, provides the basic substructure for integrating software and human agents in problem solving. The architecture provides implementation-level support in the Vital workbench, a methodology-based workbench covering the whole life-cycle of knowledge-based system (KBS) development, from requirements specification to implementation. The Vital-KR allows construction of modular KBSs, facilitates reuse of KBS modules, provides standard protocols for integrating software or human agents in an application, and supports experimentation in hybrid KBS design

Keywords

cooperative systems; knowledge representation; open systems; problem solving; protocols; software agents; software reusability; KBS module reuse; Vital workbench; Vital-KR; cooperative problem solving; experimentation; human agents; hybrid KBS design; hybrid knowledge-based applications development; implementation; implementation-level support; knowledge-based system development; methodology-based workbench; modular KBS; open framework; requirements specification; software agents; software architecture; standard protocols; Application software; Computer architecture; Engines; Humans; Knowledge based systems; Knowledge representation; Problem-solving; Scheduling; Software agents; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

IEEE Expert

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-9000

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/64.393143

Filename

393143