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Towards competent information acquisition interactions between an expert system and its user
- Source :
- Knowledge-Based Systems, Knowl Based Syst
- Publication Year :
- 1993
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 1993.
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Abstract
- Expert systems are consultative, highly interactive systems, and hence the quality of interaction between system and user is important for the acceptability of the system. Acquisition of data about the problem in hand is a central feature of the interaction between system and user, and it makes a major contribution to the user's perception of the system. It is therefore crucial that the acquisition of this data (both as individual data items and as a sequence of data inputs) is perceived by the user as competent. This paper identifies central, domain-independent, design goals for the information-acquisition interactions between an expert system and its user, including mixed-initiative interaction, flexibility in user input, and system competence in querying the user. The paper discusses the realisation of these goals in a diagnostic expert system, Skeletal Dysplasias Diagnostician, through an explicit data model which allows for the representation of data with temporal and spatial (locality) aspects and the decide-status function which operates on the data model.
- Subjects :
- Expert systems (Computer science)
Information Systems and Management
Knowledge management
business.industry
Computer science
media_common.quotation_subject
User modeling
Legal expert system
computer.software_genre
Medical and Health Sciences
Expert system
Management Information Systems
Subject-matter expert
Data model
Artificial Intelligence
Human–computer interaction
Perception
Diagnosis
Medicine
business
computer
Competence (human resources)
Software
media_common
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09507051
- Volume :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Knowledge-Based Systems
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9567066e5d4b3b2bacd58dfc01aa94fd