A comparison of knowledge elicitation methods

Expert Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 277-295

  Jones, S R ^a   Miles, U C ^b   Read, M W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knowledge based systems; Knowledge elicitation; Rapid prototyping

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; DESIGN; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

RAPID PROTOTYPING;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030288816     PISSN: 02664720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0394.1996.tb00125.x     Document Type: Article

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