Patent
1993-10-13
1996-04-02
Bayerl, Raymond J.
395155, 395 75, G06F 314
Patent
active
055048510
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
This application is a National Stage Application, filed under 35 U.S.C. 371, of PCT/FR92/01129. filed Dec. 2, 1992, now WO 93/11497, published Jun. 10, 1993.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention concerns a process and a tool for conceptual modeling of expertise on a computer system.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
From European patent 314 594, a conceptual design tool is known that uses a top-down functional approach for the development of the hardware product. This tool includes an inquiry system that enables the user to input each component of a product. Such a system requires a prior description of the components of the product and consequently is frozen for a single application.
Also known from U.S. Pat. No. 4,964,063 is a method of operating a data processing system with conceptual structures that can be used to represent all knowledge that can be represented by elements such as concept data, relational data, functional calculation bits, knowledge representation function bits and symbolic access code bits. The symbolic access code bits represent the storage addresses of the memory means for the attached conceptual data, the relational data and the function code bits.
This method uses the data processing system to link the concept data and the relational data into conceptual graphs which can be shown on the means of display.
This method provides for a breakdown by unit name, slot name, facet name and class or superclass. Such a method, while it permits a description of certain objects of the conceptual model, does not provide a structure of the model that is a guide for gathering and interpreting knowledge, while permitting the search for modularity, reusability and genericity of the elements of the model. The genericity of a model or parts of a model being the property of furnishing a guide to the knowledge-gathering and interpretation process, so that the process is reduced to "instancing" the generic model, namely adding factual information for the field of application to it.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An initial goal of the invention is achieved by a process for conceptual modeling of expertise on a computer system that has a CPU, a central memory and a display device working in multiwindows graphics mode, with each window equipped with a system of local coordinates and a pointer means in a window, at least one active zone capable of reacting to at least one unit of information constituted by an outside event; said active zone is combined with a group of initial functions called editors that have at least a second reaction function; with activation characterized by the fact that it consists of combining at least one window with a predefined number of conceptual objects constituting a body of knowledge organized on four expertise modeling layers, with each window making it possible to take into account connections between the different conceptual objects, and updating or modifying a conceptual object automatically updates the connections.
According to another special feature, the conceptual objects are composed of relation, function, operator, role, procedure and goal concepts.
According to another special feature, the process includes a step combining a window for creation of a glossary which is then used to define the objects to be described.
According to another special feature, each window has as an active zone a "more" box allowing it to expand the number of fields of information present in the window.
According to another special feature, each window has a display step for the field indicating the connections of an object with the other objects.
According to another special feature, each window has as an active zone a "less" box allowing it to restrict the size of the window and the information displayed in it to the basic information.
According to another special feature, the creation of the glossary includes the following steps: hierarchy where the knowledge documented and input into memory is displayed, a database window,
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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Maesano Libero
Marquet Jean-Baptiste
Rabaux Eric
Bayerl Raymond J.
Bull S.A.
dela Torre Crescelle N.
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