An explanation facility for the ROSIE knowledge engineering language

Bruce Florman, James R. Kipps, Jody Paul, D. A. Waterman

ResearchPublished 1986

This report describes the design and implementation of an explanation facility for the Rule-Oriented System for Implementing Expertise (ROSIE) knowledge engineering language, an expert system building environment developed at The RAND Corporation. An explanation facility is critical in the construction and utilization of an expert system, since it provides the mechanisms by which the expert system can explain its performance. These mechanisms typically show the user (1) why and how the expert system reached a given conclusion, (2) why the system asked for particular information, (3) how rules and data got added to the knowledge base, (4) what is the purpose of a rule or ruleset, and (5) why the use of a rule is justified.

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  • Year: 1986
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Florman, Bruce, James R. Kipps, Jody Paul, and D. A. Waterman, An explanation facility for the ROSIE knowledge engineering language, RAND Corporation, R-3406-ARPA/RC, 1986. As of September 24, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3406.html
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Florman, Bruce, James R. Kipps, Jody Paul, and D. A. Waterman, An explanation facility for the ROSIE knowledge engineering language. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1986. https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3406.html. Also available in print form.
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