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Knowledge Acquisition

Knowledge Acquisition. Concepts of Knowledge Engineering. Knowledge engineering The engineering discipline in which knowledge is integrated into computer systems to solve complex problems that normally require a high level of human expertise. Concepts of Knowledge Engineering.

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Knowledge Acquisition

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  1. Knowledge Acquisition

  2. Concepts of Knowledge Engineering • Knowledge engineering The engineering discipline in which knowledge is integrated into computer systems to solve complex problems that normally require a high level of human expertise

  3. Concepts of Knowledge Engineering • The knowledge-engineering process • Knowledge acquisition • Knowledge representation • Knowledge validation • Inferencing • Explanation and justification

  4. Concepts of Knowledge Engineering • Knowledge representation A formalism for representing facts and rules in a computer about a subject or specialty • Knowledge validation (verification) The process of testing to determine whether the knowledge in an artificial intelligence system is correct and whether the system performs with an acceptable level of accuracy

  5. Concepts of Knowledge Engineering

  6. The Scope and Types of Knowledge • Documented knowledge For ES, stored knowledge sources not based directly on human expertise • Undocumented knowledge Knowledge that comes from sources that are not documented, such as human experts

  7. The Scope and Types of Knowledge • Knowledge acquisition from databases • Many ES are constructed from knowledge extracted in whole or in part from databases • Knowledge acquisition via the Internet • The acquisition, availability, and management of knowledge via the Internet are becoming critical success issues for the construction and maintenance of knowledge-based systems

  8. The Scope and Types of Knowledge • Levels of knowledge • Shallow knowledge • A representation of only surface level information that can be used to deal with very specific situations • Deep knowledge • A representation of information about the internal and causal structure of a system that considers the interactions among the system’s components

  9. The Scope and Types of Knowledge

  10. The Scope and Types of Knowledge • Major categories of knowledge • Declarative knowledge A representation of facts and assertions • Procedural knowledge Information about courses of action. Procedural knowledge contrasts with declarative knowledge • Metaknowledge In an expert system, knowledge about how the system operates or reasons. More generally, knowledge about knowledge

  11. Methods of Acquiring Knowledge from Experts • Elicitation of knowledge The act of extracting knowledge, generally automatically, from nonhuman sources; machine learning

  12. Methods of Acquiring Knowledge from Experts • Knowledge modeling methods • Manual method A human-intensive method for knowledge acquisition, such as interviews and observations, used to elicit knowledge from experts • Semiautomatic method A knowledge acquisition method that uses computer-based tools to support knowledge engineers in order to facilitate the process

  13. Methods of Acquiring Knowledge from Experts • Knowledge modeling methods • Automatic method An automatic knowledge acquisition method that involves using computer software to automatically discover knowledge from a set of data

  14. Methods of Acquiring Knowledge from Experts • Manual knowledge modeling methods • Interviews • Interview analysis An explicit, face-to-face knowledge acquisition technique that involves a direct dialog between the expert and the knowledge engineer • Walk-through • In knowledge engineering, a process whereby the expert walks (or talks) the knowledge engineer through the solution to a problem • Unstructured (informal) interview An informal interview that acquaints a knowledge engineer with an expert’s problem-solving domain

  15. Methods of Acquiring Knowledge from Experts • Manual knowledge modeling methods • Structured Interviews • A structured interview is a systematic, goal-oriented process • It forces organized communication between the knowledge engineer and the expert

  16. Methods of Acquiring Knowledge from Experts • Manual knowledge modeling methods • Process tracking The process of an expert system’s tracing the reasoning process in order to reach a conclusion • Protocol analysis A set of instructions governing the format and control of data in moving from one medium to another • Observations

  17. Methods of Acquiring Knowledge from Experts • Automatic knowledge modeling methods • The process of using computers to extract knowledge from data is called knowledge discovery • Two reasons for the use of automated knowledge acquisition: • Good knowledge engineers are highly paid and difficult to find • Domain experts are usually busy and sometimes uncooperative

  18. Methods of Acquiring Knowledge from Experts • Automatic knowledge modeling methods • Typical methods for knowledge discovery • Inductive learning • Neural computing • Genetic algorithms

  19. Acquiring Knowledge from Multiple Experts • Major purposes of using multiple experts: • To better understand the knowledge domain • To improve knowledge-base validity, consistency, completeness, accuracy, and relevancy • To provide better productivity • To identify incorrect results more easily • To address broader domains • To be able to handle more complex problems and combine the strengths of different reasoning approaches

  20. Acquiring Knowledge from Multiple Experts • Multiple-expert scenarios • Individual experts • Primary and secondary experts • Small groups • Panels

  21. Acquiring Knowledge from Multiple Experts • Methods of handling multiple experts • Blend several lines of reasoning through consensus methods such as Delphi, nominal group technique (NGT), and group support systems (GSS)

  22. Automated Knowledge Acquisition from Data and Documents • The objectives of using automated knowledge acquisition: • To increase the productivity of knowledge engineering (reduce the cost) • To reduce the skill level required from the knowledge engineer • To eliminate (or drastically reduce) the need for an expert • To eliminate (or drastically reduce) the need for a knowledge engineer • To increase the quality of the acquired knowledge

  23. Knowledge Verification and Validation • Knowledge acquired from experts needs to be evaluated for quality, including: • The main objective of evaluation is to assess an ES’s overall value • Validation is the part of evaluation that deals with the performance of the system • Verification is building the system right or substantiating that the system is correctly implemented to its specifications

  24. Representation of Knowledge • Production rule A knowledge representation method in which knowledge is formalized into rules that have IF parts and THEN parts (also called conditions and actions, respectively)

  25. Representation of Knowledge • Major advantages of rules • Rules are easy to understand • Inferences and explanations are easily derived • Modifications and maintenance are relatively easy • Uncertainty is easily combined with rules • Each rule is often independent of all others

  26. Representation of Knowledge • Major limitations of rule representation: • Complex knowledge requires thousands of rules, which may create difficulties in using and maintaining the system • Builders like rules, so they try to force all knowledge into rules rather than look for more appropriate representations • Systems with many rules may have a search limitation in the control program • Some programs have difficulty evaluating rule-based systems and making inferences

  27. Representation of Knowledge • Semantic network A knowledge representation method that consists of a network of nodes, representing concepts or objects, connected by arcs describing the relations between the nodes

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  29. Representation of Knowledge • Frame A knowledge representation scheme that associates one or more features with an object in terms of slots and particular slot values • Slot A sub-element of a frame of an object. A slot is a particular characteristic, specification, or definition used in forming a knowledge base • Facet An attribute or a feature that describes the content of a slot in a frame

  30. Representation of Knowledge

  31. Representation of Knowledge • Inheritance The process by which one object takes on or is assigned the characteristics of another object higher up in a hierarchy • Instantiate To assign (or substitute) a specific value or name to a variable in a frame (or in a logic expression), making it a particular “instance” of that variable

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  34. Representation of Knowledge • Decision table A table used to represent knowledge and prepare it for analysis

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  37. Reasoning in Intelligent Systems • Commonsense reasoning The branch of artificial intelligence that is concerned with replicating human thinking • Reasoning in rule-based systems • Inference engine The part of an expert system that actually performs the reasoning function • Rule interpreter The inference mechanism in a rule-based system • Chunking A process of dividing and conquering, or dividing complex problems into subproblems

  38. Reasoning in Intelligent Systems • Backward chaining A search technique that uses IF THEN rules and is used in production systems that begin with the action clause of a rule and works backward through a chain of rules in an attempt to find a verifiable set of condition clauses

  39. Reasoning in Intelligent Systems • Forward chaining A data-driven search in a rule-based system

  40. Explanation and Metaknowledge • Explanation An attempt by an ES to clarify its reasoning, recommendations, or other actions (e.g., asking a question) • Explanation facility (justifier) The component of an expert system that can explain the system’s reasoning and justify its conclusions

  41. Explanation and Metaknowledge • Why explanations • How explanations • Other explanations • Who • What • Where • When • Why • How

  42. Explanation and Metaknowledge • Metaknowledge • Static explanation In an ES, an association of fixed explanation text with a rule to explain the rule’s meaning. • Dynamic explanation In ES, an explanation facility that reconstructs the reasons for its actions as it evaluates rules

  43. Inferencing with Uncertainty

  44. Inferencing with Uncertainty • The importance of uncertainty • Uncertainty is a serious problem • Avoiding it may not be the best strategy. Instead, we need to improve the methods for dealing with uncertainty

  45. Inferencing with Uncertainty • Representing uncertainty • Numeric representation • Graphic representation • Symbolic representation

  46. Inferencing with Uncertainty • Probabilities and related approaches • Probability ratio • Bayesian approach • Subjective probability A probability estimated by a manager without the benefit of a formal model • Dempster–Shafer theory of evidence • Belief function The representation of uncertainty without the need to specify exact probabilities

  47. Inferencing with Uncertainty • Theory of certainty factors • Certainty theory A framework for representing and working with degrees of belief of true and false in knowledge-based systems • Certainty factor (CF) A percentage supplied by an expert system that indicates the probability that the conclusion reached by the system is correct. Also, the degree of belief an expert has that a certain conclusion will occur if a certain premise is true • Disbelief The degree of belief that something is not going to happen

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