The Design of Independent-Uniform Knowledge Sources of Blackboard Architecture in Timber Harvesting Decision-Making

This paper is to highlight the formation of the new design; a one-of-kind structure that is an independentuniform knowledge source of blackboard architecture. The domain and control knowledge sources independently defined the solution to the domain and control problems. Wellorganized hierarchical levels are constructed for both domain and control problems. The domain level represents each task and process in timber-harvesting decision-making. The control level decides which feasible action that should be executed at the respective stage in the decision-making process. Knowledge sources are independent and each is regarded as a specialist on its problem. They are uniformly designed where the abstraction of the knowledge source is identical. The control process flow illustrates how both domain and control knowledge sources are able to dynamically integrate with one another in the decisionmaking process.