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Authoring knowledge-based systems using interactive directed graphs

  • US 5,673,369 A
  • Filed: 03/02/1995
  • Issued: 09/30/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/02/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for authoring a knowledge based computing system comprising:

  • a computer with memory storage and a graphical interface;

    a knowledge base application installed on the computing system;

    a question data structure and an answer data structure stored in the memory storage; and

    a QA directed graph generated at an authoring time on the graphical interface by said knowledge base application, the directed graph having a plurality of question nodes and a plurality of answer nodes, the question nodes being represented by question templates and the answer nodes being represented by answer templates on the graphical interface,the knowledge base application generating a knowledge data base for the knowledge based computing system using the question data structure and the answer data structure as an author inputs information in the question and answer templates, respectively,the question and answer nodes being connected to one another by the knowledge base application on one or more paths by a link between each one of the question nodes and each of one of the answer nodes so that question nodes and answer nodes alternate as the path is traversed in a path direction,an author accessing one or more of the question nodes and one or more of the answer nodes to provide information to the one or more of the question data structures and answer data structures, respectively, in order to build an application in the knowledge data base to be presented to a service user at a run time.

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