Expert system and method employing hierarchical knowledge base, and interactive multimedia/hypermedia applications
First Claim
1. An expert system responsive to provided external information, said expert system comprising:
- first memory means for storing a hierarchically-structured knowledge base containing inferentially processable information, wherein said hierarchically-structured knowledge base comprises a hierarchical decomposition comprising a plurality of knowledge trees coupled together in multiple levels, said multiple levels being arranged according to attributes associated with said plurality of knowledge trees, and wherein said multiple levels comprise three distinct levels, said three distinct levels comprising an uppermost level having a domain behavioral knowledge tree, a middle level having a domain structural knowledge tree and a lowermost level having a domain action tree;
second memory means for storing at least one multimedia or hypermedia utility containing non-inferentially accessible information; and
processing means coupled to said first memory means and to said second memory means for processing said hierarchically-structured knowledge base and for accessing said at least one utility, respectively, said processing means comprising means for inferential processing of information in said hierarchically-structured knowledge base and means for non-inferential accessing of information in said at least one utility, said means for inferential processing of information and said means for non-inferential accessing of information being responsive to the provided external information, and wherein said three distinct levels of said hierarchically-structured knowledge base are interconnected such that said means for inferential processing of information inference processes through said hierarchically-structured knowledge base from said domain behavioral knowledge level through said domain structural knowledge level to said domain action level.
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Abstract
An expert system and processing method employing a three level hierarchical knowledge base that has a plurality of nodes coupled together. An uppermost level comprises a behavioral knowledge level, a middle level comprises a structural knowledge level and a lowermost level is an action level. Inference processing proceeds from the behavioral knowledge level through the structural knowledge level to a leaf node of the action level. One or more non-inferentially assessable utilities may be associated with the inference kernel of the expert system for accessing during inferential processing within the hierarchically structured knowledge base. A knowledge editor implements guidelines that structure received information in the desired hierarchical three level configuration. Further, interactive multimedia/hypermedia systems and methods are presented, which might be expert system based. Training and certification applications of the multimedia/hypermedia system/method are given.
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24 Claims
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1. An expert system responsive to provided external information, said expert system comprising:
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first memory means for storing a hierarchically-structured knowledge base containing inferentially processable information, wherein said hierarchically-structured knowledge base comprises a hierarchical decomposition comprising a plurality of knowledge trees coupled together in multiple levels, said multiple levels being arranged according to attributes associated with said plurality of knowledge trees, and wherein said multiple levels comprise three distinct levels, said three distinct levels comprising an uppermost level having a domain behavioral knowledge tree, a middle level having a domain structural knowledge tree and a lowermost level having a domain action tree; second memory means for storing at least one multimedia or hypermedia utility containing non-inferentially accessible information; and processing means coupled to said first memory means and to said second memory means for processing said hierarchically-structured knowledge base and for accessing said at least one utility, respectively, said processing means comprising means for inferential processing of information in said hierarchically-structured knowledge base and means for non-inferential accessing of information in said at least one utility, said means for inferential processing of information and said means for non-inferential accessing of information being responsive to the provided external information, and wherein said three distinct levels of said hierarchically-structured knowledge base are interconnected such that said means for inferential processing of information inference processes through said hierarchically-structured knowledge base from said domain behavioral knowledge level through said domain structural knowledge level to said domain action level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An intelligent system responsive to provided external information, said intelligent system comprising:
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memory means for storing multimedia displayable information, said multimedia displayable information being non-inferentially accessible; and an intelligent control system coupled to said memory means, said intelligent control system including a hierarchically-structured knowledge base containing inferentially processable information and processing means coupled to said hierarchically-structured knowledge base, wherein said hierarchically-structured knowledge base comprises a hierarchical decomposition comprising a plurality of knowledge trees coupled together in multiple levels, said multiple levels being arranged according to attributes associated with said plurality of knowledge trees, wherein said multiple levels comprise three distinct levels, said three distinct levels comprising an uppermost level having a domain behavioral knowledge tree, a middle level having a domain structural knowledge tree, and a lowermost level having a domain action tree, said processing means including means for inferential processing of information in said hierarchically-structured knowledge base and means for non-inferential accessing of said multimedia displayable information stored in said memory means, said means for non-inferential accessing of said multimedia displayable information being responsive to said means for inferential processing of information, and said means for inferential processing of information being responsive to the provided external information, and wherein said three distinct levels of said hierarchically-structured knowledge base are interconnected such that said means for inferential processing of information inference processes through said hierarchically-structured knowledge base from said domain behavioral knowledge level through said domain structural knowledge level to said domain action level. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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