KADBASE: interfacing expert systems with databases

Author

Howard, H. Craig ; Rehak, Daniel R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Civil Eng., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

Volume

4

Issue

3

fYear

1989

Firstpage

65

Lastpage

76

Abstract

KADBASE, a knowledge-aided database management system prototype, is a flexible interface in which multiple databases and knowledge-aided database systems can communicate as independent, self-descriptive components within a loosely coupled distributed engineering computer system. The authors describe the final architecture of their working prototype, demonstrate its use in engineering applications, and provide examples from two civil engineering knowledge-based systems: SPEX, a structural component design system, and HICOST, a building-cost estimator.<>

Keywords

database management systems; expert systems; HICOST; KADBASE; SPEX; building-cost estimator; civil engineering knowledge-based systems; databases; interfacing expert systems; knowledge-aided database management system prototype; loosely coupled distributed engineering computer system; structural component design system; Computer interfaces; Data engineering; Database systems; Design engineering; Distributed computing; Distributed databases; Expert systems; Knowledge engineering; Prototypes; Systems engineering and theory;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

IEEE Expert

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-9000

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/64.43271

Filename

43271