An MDA approach to knowledge engineering

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 10420-10437

  Prat, Nicolas ^a   Akoka, Jacky ^b   Comyn Wattiau, Isabelle ^b  

^a ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b Unité de Recherches Mesures Physiques Métrologie   (France)

Author keywords

CommonKADS; Knowledge engineering; Knowledge model; Model driven approach; Production rule; Production rule representation (PRR)

Indexed keywords

COMMONKADS; KNOWLEDGE META-MODEL; KNOWLEDGE MODEL; MDA APPROACH; META MODEL; MODEL DRIVEN APPROACH; PIM LEVEL; PRODUCTION RULES;

INFERENCE ENGINES; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; MAPPING;

SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 84861192120     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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