Type of Document	Master's Thesis
Author	Shulok, Thomas Aaron
URN	etd-02072013-040120
Title	CHARTMAKER :a "true consultant" expert system for designing charts
Degree	Master of Science
Department	Computer Science and Applications
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Roach, John W. Committee Chair Henry, Sallie M. Committee Member Kurstedt, Harold A. Jr. Committee Member
Keywords	Expert systems (Computer science)
Date of Defense	1988-06-05
Availability	restricted
Abstract Expert system technology has produced systems that perform heuristic classification. These systems solve problems of a type determined by the knowledge engineer and the expert at system design time. A "true consultant" on the contrary, applies domain knowledge to solve a problem not previously seen. For example, a graphic design consultant must accept the statement of almost any problem from a client and turn it into a visual design. This thesis reports the successful construction of the first such true consultant for a well-understood domain: the visual design task of chart construction. The system leads a client in a dialogue to define a problem in the client's terms and then maps the problem representation into a knowledge base for constructing charts. Extensions of the technology reported in this thesis may aid the creation of a new class of expert systems.
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