The Art of Artificial Intelligence: Themes and Case Studies of Knowledge Engineering

The knowledge e n g i n e e r p r a c t i c e s t h e a r t o f b r i n g i n g the p r i n c i p l e s and t o o l s o f A I r e s e a r c h t o bear o n d i f f i c u l t a p p l i c a t i o n s p rob lems r e q u i r i n g e x p e r t s ' knowledge f o r t h e i r s o l u t i o n . The t e c h n i c a l i s s u e s o f a c q u i r i n g t h i s k n o w l e d g e , r e p r e s e n t i n g i t , and u s i n g i t a p p r o p r i a t e l y t o c o n s t r u c t and e x p l a i n l i n e s o f r e a s o n i n g , a r e i m p o r t a n t p rob lems i n t h e d e s i g n o f k n o w l e d g e based s y s t e m s . V a r i o u s sys tems t h a t have a c h i e v e d e x p e r t l e v e l p e r f o r m a n c e i n s c i e n t i f i c and m e d i c a l i n f e r e n c e i l l u m i n a t e t h e a r t o f knowledge e n g i n e e r i n g and i t s p a r e n t s c i e n c e , A r t i f i c i a l I n t e l l i g e n c e .