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Simmons, Robert F. – Information Processing and Management, 1987
Describes a prototype natural language text knowledge system (TKS) that was used to organize 50 pages of a handbook on artificial intelligence as an inferential knowledge base with natural language query and command capabilities. Representation of text, database navigation, query systems, discourse structuring, and future research needs are…
Descriptors: Database Management Systems, Databases, Discourse Analysis, Expert Systems

Chen, H.; And Others – Information Processing and Management, 1994
Reports on two empirical studies that examined the nature and causes of information management indeterminism in an online research environment. A knowledge-based design for alleviating indeterminism which contains a system-generated thesaurus and an inferencing engine is proposed. (Contains 63 references.) (JLB)
Descriptors: Classification, Database Management Systems, Expert Systems, Information Management
Harvey, Francis A. – 1988
This paper describes the evolution and development of an intelligent information system, i.e., a knowledge base for steel structures being undertaken as part of the Technical Information Center for Steel Structures at Lehigh University's Center of Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems (ATLSS). The initial development of the Technical…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Database Management Systems, Databases, Engineering
Dede, C. J.; And Others – 1988
The first of 10 sections in this report focuses on factors that will affect the evolution of Space Station Project (SSP) documentation systems. The goal of this project is to prepare the space station technical and managerial structure for likely changes in the creation, capture, transfer, and utilization of knowledge about the space station which…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Communications, Computer Software, Database Management Systems