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From knowledge bases to decision models

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2009

Michael P. Wellman ,
John S. Breese  and
Robert P. Goldman
Michael P. Wellman
Affiliation:
USAF Wright Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH45433, USA
John S. Breese
Affiliation:
Rockwell International Science Center, Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA
Robert P. Goldman
Affiliation:
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
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Abstract

In recent years there has been a growing interest among AI researchers in probabilistic and decision modelling, spurred by significant advances in representation and computation with network modelling formalisms. In applying these techniques to decision support tasks, fixed network models have proven to be inadequately expressive when a broad range of situations must be handled. Hence many researchers have sought to combine the strengths of flexible knowledge representation languages with the normative status and well-understood computational properties of decision-modelling formalisms and algorithms. One approach is to encode general knowledge in an expressive language, then dynamically construct a decision model for each particular situation or problem instance. We have developed several systems adopting this approach, which illustrate a variety of interesting techniques and design issues.

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The Knowledge Engineering Review , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , March 1992 , pp. 35 - 53
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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