Expert information system and method for decision record generation
DCFirst Claim
1. An expert information system for relating choices of a decision record to corresponding information said system comprising:
- a digital processor;
an expert data base comprising a multiplicity of decision entries associated with the choices to be made in generating a decision record;
memory means for storing said expert data base which are accessible by said digital processor;
said processor including a control program for interactively selecting a group of decision entries from said expert data base to generate the decision record;
memory means for storing at least one relational data base having a multiplicity of relational data entries where each relational data entry corresponds to at least one of said decision entries; and
means which can access said means for storing at least one ralational data base and which can access said decision record, for assembling an information record from said relational data base including relational data base entries corresponding to said decision entries chosen for said decision record.
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Abstract
An expert information system with which a decision maker in the construction, or a related industry, can generate a decision record and related control instructions in a facile manner without significant omissions while ensuring that substantially all of the options available for making the decisions have been considered. The expert system includes a microcomputer which executes a system control program to select information units from the expertise of a data base and to concentrate individual information units until an entire decision record has been generated. The process is enhanced by a multiwindowed display which displays possible selections from the expert data base while contrasting that data with data in another window having a list of data indicating the decisions or selections already made. A display pointer with a controllable position is employed to select lines and phrases of the expert information from that portion of the data base displayed in the selection window. The selection of such informaiton causes the line or phrase from the data base, an information unit, to be transferred to the decision record and to the display of the selected decisions window.
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1. An expert information system for relating choices of a decision record to corresponding information said system comprising:
- a digital processor;
an expert data base comprising a multiplicity of decision entries associated with the choices to be made in generating a decision record; memory means for storing said expert data base which are accessible by said digital processor; said processor including a control program for interactively selecting a group of decision entries from said expert data base to generate the decision record; memory means for storing at least one relational data base having a multiplicity of relational data entries where each relational data entry corresponds to at least one of said decision entries; and means which can access said means for storing at least one ralational data base and which can access said decision record, for assembling an information record from said relational data base including relational data base entries corresponding to said decision entries chosen for said decision record.
- a digital processor;
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2. A computerized system for preparing a decision record comprising:
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memory means for storing a decision data base having groups of multiple decision entries linked to identifiers forming stop down chain of option levels; digital processor means including a control program and a keyboard by which an operator can indicate a selection of said decision entries; a monitor; means for displaying a portion of said decision data base on said monitor; means for selecting from the displayed portion of said data base a selected decision entry; and means for storing said selected decision entry from said data base into a decision file. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus for automating a decision making process for a decision maker and for recording decisions made from that process by formulating a decision record, said apparatus comprising:
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a processor system including storage means which store a control program, said processor system for executing said control program and generating control signals as a result of the execution; an expert data base comprising a plurality of entries of information units arranged in option levels describing the various choices available for the decision maker in a particular subject area until a decision is reached, said option levels ranging from a broad description of the category of a choice at the highest level, through various intermediate options levels and finishing with a complete specification of a decision at the lowest level; a display means for displaying said information units of the expert data base according to said option levels; an input means for communicating commands, including selection commands, indication the selection of one information unit to said processor system for the decision maker; and wherein said processor system in response to each of said selection commands formulates said decision record by copying the selected one information unit from said data base to said decision record. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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