The evolution of Protégé: An environment for knowledge-based systems development

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-123

  Gennari, John H ^a,e   Musen, Mark A ^b   Fergerson, Ray W ^b   Grosso, William E ^d   Crubezy, Monica ^b   Eriksson, Henrik ^c   Noy, Natalya F ^b   Tu, Samson W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Hipbone Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge bases; Problem solving method; Prot g meta tool

Indexed keywords

INTERFACES (COMPUTER); KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RELATIONAL DATABASE SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

KNOWLEDGE-BASES;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 0041877504     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-5819(02)00127-1     Document Type: Article

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