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Method of incorporating knowledge into a knowledge base system

  • US 6,591,258 B1
  • Filed: 08/24/1999
  • Issued: 07/08/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/24/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of managing knowledge in a knowledge base, said method comprising:

  • representing instantiations of said knowledge in a plurality of knowledge objects, said knowledge base having a number of said knowledge objects;

    with each of said knowledge objects comprising a plurality of elements of information, and with said elements used in more than one of said knowledge objects comprising multiple use elements and with said elements used in only one of said knowledge objects comprising unique elements; and

    managing said knowledge objects to minimize said number of said knowledge objects while ensuring that said knowledge base comprises knowledge objects representing all known instantiations, said managing said knowledge objects comprising managing said elements of each of said knowledge objects to ensure that each of said knowledge objects represents a unique instantiation of knowledge, wherein each of said knowledge objects has one of the following;

    at least one of said unique elements, or a unique combination of said multiple use elements;

    generalizing said instantiations to develop generalized instantiations;

    testing said generalized instantiations against said all known instantiations to identify redundancies among said knowledge objects and to identify additional knowledge, and modifying said knowledge base to minimize said redundancies and to add to said knowledge base only to facilitate retrieval of said knowledge in said knowledge base or to add said additional knowledge.

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