title: Some requirements and suggestions for a methodology to develop knowledge based systems.
abstract: This paper describes an approach to the creation of a methodology for the development of knowledge based systems. It specifies some requirements and suggests how these requirements might be met. General requirements can be satisfied using a systems approach. More specific ones can be met by viewing an organization as a network of consultations for coordinating expertise. The nature of consultations is described and the form of a possible cognitive model using a blackboard architecture is outlined. The value of the approach is illustrated in terms of certain knowledge elicitation methods.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology and Ergonomics Unit , University College London , 26 Bedford Way , London , WC1H 0AP.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Green
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology and Ergonomics Unit , University College London , 26 Bedford Way , London , WC1H 0AP.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Colbert
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology and Ergonomics Unit , University College London , 26 Bedford Way , London , WC1H 0AP.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Long
keywords: Blackboard model; Knowledge based systems; Methodology; Organizations; System development; Tasks