jack@ztivax.UUCP (Jack Schiff) (02/28/89)
As one input to an overview of knowledge engineering methodologies, I am trying to collect opinions on potential benefits of such methodologies and specific areas for their use. The attached short questionnaire was designed to take not more than 10-15 minutes for completion, since my main concern here is broad-based orientation. Consequently, the questions below are much less detailed than would be needed for a formal survey. Still, I hope they're meaningful enough to convey an idea of what I'm after, and any additional comments are highly appreciated. Thanks a lot for your help! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Background Experience in little some extensive - building expert systems ____ ____ ____ - building conventional systems ____ ____ ____ - using software engineering techniques ____ ____ ____ (which?: __________________________ ) - project management ____ ____ ____ Size of system(s) built small medium large - expert system(s) ____ ____ ____ - conventional system(s) ____ ____ ____ 2. Opinion on general issues in building expert systems Importance Issue | low medium high ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Effectiveness | ____ ____ ____ (targeting expert systems at the right | problems) | Efficiency | shorter development times | ____ ____ ____ higher reliability of project schedules | ____ ____ ____ better coordination of multiple knowledge | ____ ____ ____ engineers in large projects | Quality | higher correctness of expert system results| ____ ____ ____ better user interfaces | ____ ____ ____ better maintainability | ____ ____ ____ Other | __________________________________________ | ____ ____ ____ __________________________________________ | ____ ____ ____ 3. Methods and tools for specific knowledge engineering activities "Method" here refers to some systematic approach used in a specific activity, e.g. repertory grid elicitation in knowledge elicitation. "Tool" here refers to a computer program which supports one or several methods, e.g. Shaw's & Gaines' KITTEN for repertory grid elicitation and analysis. Please indicate your satisfaction with your current practices and your desire for future methods/tools as l(ow), m(edium) or h(igh), as in the following example: | Satisfaction | Desire Activity | ad-hoc method tool | method tool ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Knowledge elicitation | l l | h m This would mean that currently some mixture of ad-hoc and methodical knowledge elicitation is used with low satisfaction, an improved method is highly desired, and a tool would be welcome. | Satisfaction | Desire Activity | ad-hoc method tool | method tool ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Application selection | ____ ____ ____ | ____ ____ Requirements analysis | ____ ____ ____ | ____ ____ Knowledge elicitation from | ____ ____ ____ | ____ ____ experts | | Knowledge acquisition from | ____ ____ ____ | ____ ____ documents | | Knowledge acquisition from | ____ ____ ____ | ____ ____ databases with example cases | | Knowledge structuring | ____ ____ ____ | ____ ____ Selection of knowledge represen- | ____ ____ ____ | ____ ____ tation formalism | ____ ____ ____ | ____ ____ Testing | ____ ____ ____ | ____ ____ Error analysis | ____ ____ ____ | ____ ____ Coupling to other software | ____ ____ ____ | ____ ____ Maintenance, i.e. several of the | ____ ____ ____ | ____ ____ activities above performed for | | an existing expert system by | | other developers than original | | Other: __________________________ | ____ ____ ____ | ____ ____ End of questionnaire -- Jack Schiff c/o UUCP : jack@ztivax.uucp Siemens AG, ZFE F2 INF32 or : uunet |mcvax!unido!ztivax!jack Otto-Hahn-Ring 6 Internet: jack@ztivax.siemens.com D-8 Munich 83 / W.-Germany --- Standard Disclaimer ---