{"title":"Managing industrial expert system development","authors":"W. Kaminsky","doi":"10.1109/MESPP.1990.122697","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MESPP.1990.122697","url":null,"abstract":"The issues, choices, advantages, and disadvantages of dealing with developing deliverable expert systems for an industrial environment are outlined. Development issues in this environment involve many things beyond what is needed in a research project. The author discusses application selection, planning, funding, development phases, maintenance, and other issues. The information is based on a combination of the experience of the author and the members of the Expert Systems Technology Transfer Association, a Chicago-based group of expert system project managers.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":232478,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings [1990] IEEE Conference on Managing Expert System Programs and Projects","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125377119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beyond technology: management expert system projects at American Express Company","authors":"N. Goldsmith","doi":"10.1109/MESPP.1990.122681","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MESPP.1990.122681","url":null,"abstract":"At American Express Company, success with emerging technologies is viewed as primarily a management not a technology issue. A panel has been formed to examine the characteristics of successfully implemented innovations, the process of innovation, and the facilitators and inhibitors to innovation.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":232478,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings [1990] IEEE Conference on Managing Expert System Programs and Projects","volume":"3 8","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114018388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Validation of the Technician's Assister System (expert system)","authors":"J. Molnár, C.F. Sarteschi","doi":"10.1109/MESPP.1990.122707","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MESPP.1990.122707","url":null,"abstract":"The Technician's Assister System (TAS) was developed to demonstrate the feasibility for adaptation to the SQS-53B sonar system's diagnostics. The prototype expert system incorporates a hierarchical knowledge base design. TAS defines diagnostic testing sequences for system maintenance. Validation of the resulting prototype was performed. TAS provided internal utilities for knowledge base verification. A knowledge-base editor was used to ensure syntactic conformity. The knowledge-base compiler provided diagnostic tests aiding in knowledge accuracy and verified the syntax. A built-in simulator confirmed the data continuity of knowledge base. Data were validated by system-generated rulesets and ambiguity set information. A test-case study of the left correlator database is described. The validation process is divided into three areas: validation of the knowledge base, simulation, and field testing. Expert confirmation of the knowledge base and simulation test information was essential for validation.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":232478,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings [1990] IEEE Conference on Managing Expert System Programs and Projects","volume":"90 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115869245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using the management team approach on a knowledge-based systems project: capitalizing on individuals' expertise","authors":"T. M. Pelnik, C. Culbert","doi":"10.1109/MESPP.1990.122700","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MESPP.1990.122700","url":null,"abstract":"The Advanced Automation Methodology Project (AAMP), at NASA's Johnson Space Center, is described. The AAMP will develop two independent knowledge-based system applications, identify system features required to incorporate artificial intelligence upgrades to several US Space Station Freedom systems in the future, and produce an engineering methodology for artificial intelligence system development in the Space Station Freedom program. The AAMP is composed of four teams: the management team, two development teams, and an independent test and verification team. By distributing project management responsibilities among the various management team members, the AAMP has realized several benefits. First, the diverse opinions and experience of the team often help focus management attention on the project's most critical areas. Second, this distributed approach allows team members to participate in the AAMP without having to dedicate full time to the project. Finally, by distributing management responsibilities, the AAMP has capitalized on each member's expertise.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":232478,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings [1990] IEEE Conference on Managing Expert System Programs and Projects","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115066579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Today's expert systems for simulating intelligent behavior; tomorrow's for exploring applications of thought processes","authors":"D. Hertz","doi":"10.1109/MESPP.1990.122668","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MESPP.1990.122668","url":null,"abstract":"The author expands on the ideas of H.A. Simon (1982) in the context of broad social consequences of apparently rational actions as they are influenced by artificial intelligence (AI-oriented) decision processes. He attempts to illustrate four themes: (1) that AI can provide logical methodologies for analyzing, understanding, and providing bases from which to attack the statistical uncertainties and entropic action behaviors necessarily included in intelligent social control processes; (2) that it can be understood and applied by those who are responsible for using such devices and controls; (3) that it requires studying and dealing with strategic alternatives within which many continually active tactical decisions must be included; and (4) that the domain knowledge of experts (who often do not agree) must be captured for any rational decision-making models to be able to bound what might otherwise be social chaos.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":232478,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings [1990] IEEE Conference on Managing Expert System Programs and Projects","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122508904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Liebowitz, C. Rogan, D. Disch, D. Quara, D. Edberg
{"title":"Creating an awareness of expert systems at Encore Computer Corporation: a case study","authors":"J. Liebowitz, C. Rogan, D. Disch, D. Quara, D. Edberg","doi":"10.1109/MESPP.1990.122699","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MESPP.1990.122699","url":null,"abstract":"To get an expert systems project started within an organization there are a variety of ways ranging from a grass roots approach to having the commitment from a champion in top management. In order to successfully start and obtain sponsorship of an expert systems project, a combination of strategies should be used to permeate the organization. The author describes the creation of an awareness for an expert configuration system at Encore Computer Corporation in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It is concluded that the hybrid approaches used to get the project underway at Encore were very successful in terms of introducing expert systems technology to Encore employees and management. The necessity of knowing the corporate climate and culture was an important lesson learned from this experience.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":232478,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings [1990] IEEE Conference on Managing Expert System Programs and Projects","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122030832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strategies for managing expert systems development","authors":"R. Vedder, E. Turban","doi":"10.1109/MESPP.1990.122670","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MESPP.1990.122670","url":null,"abstract":"Guidance in the choice of an expert system development and dissemination strategy is presented. The authors describe a number of differing strategies used by organizations and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each plan. They also discuss the major factors that may have an impact on the selection of a strategy.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":232478,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings [1990] IEEE Conference on Managing Expert System Programs and Projects","volume":"340 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133679449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Economic contributions of artificial intelligence to space systems","authors":"J. Bare, P. Daley","doi":"10.1109/MESPP.1990.122690","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MESPP.1990.122690","url":null,"abstract":"Enough experience has been gained in the application of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to spacecraft missions to permit prediction of the contributions of AI to cost reductions during system integration and test and during operations. The authors present a model and several examples based on case histories and indicate that the decision to use AI can be made from a business perspective as well as from a technical perspective. It is noted that planned reuse and therefore design for reuse are important factors influencing the magnitude of the savings. AI software developed for use during system integration and test can be reused during the operational phase and shows promise of migrating onto the spacecraft itself. Furthermore, it has been demonstrated that AI software can be designed to be used across multiple subsystems of a spacecraft.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":232478,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings [1990] IEEE Conference on Managing Expert System Programs and Projects","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131482923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Active management in the development of intelligent products","authors":"S. H. Kim","doi":"10.1109/MESPP.1990.122687","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MESPP.1990.122687","url":null,"abstract":"The author explores a general framework for analyzing or synthesizing intelligent systems, as well as techniques for implementing them. The framework consists of six factors: purpose, space, structure, time, process and efficiency. The technologies involve the methods of artificial intelligence and strategies for developing knowledge-based systems. The framework has been used to develop diverse applications, ranging from an expert system for creative product design to a package for factory configurations. This framework is discussed in the context of an expert system for the design of personal computers.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":232478,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings [1990] IEEE Conference on Managing Expert System Programs and Projects","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131682693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Expert systems in data processing: California Travel Expense Claim System","authors":"Allyson Bartman-Gatt","doi":"10.1109/MESPP.1990.122704","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MESPP.1990.122704","url":null,"abstract":"The CALTREC project automated the process of creating State of California Travel Expense Claims. This project is a good representative of the types of projects expected to be done by the State of California. The application is heavily embedded into traditional data processing systems, which added much additional work outside the scope of what is considered to be knowledge engineering. The author describes the CALTREC application and why it was built, what it took to build the application and why traditional data processing skills were essential to the project's success. It is noted that the present work should be of interest to those who are considering building expert systems as well as to those who are evaluating alternative software and hardware platforms for implementation and deployment of expert systems applications.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":232478,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings [1990] IEEE Conference on Managing Expert System Programs and Projects","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114079620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}