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Expert system and method employing hierarchical knowledge base, and interactive multimedia/hypermedia applications

  • US 5,720,007 A
  • Filed: 12/27/1996
  • Issued: 02/17/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/29/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A hierarchically-structured knowledge base for an expert system, said hierarchically-structured knowledge base comprising:

  • a hierarchical decomposition comprising a plurality of nodes coupled together in three distinct levels, an uppermost level comprising a behavioral knowledge level, a middle level comprising a structural knowledge level and a lowermost level comprising an action level, said action level being implemented as at least one decision tree, said three distinct levels being interconnected such that inference processing can occur through said hierarchically-structured knowledge base from said behavioral knowledge level through said structural knowledge level to said action level.

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