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Methods and tools for development of data driven decision support syst
ems (DSSs) is an integral part of the HELIOS software engineering envi
ronment. The DSS development environment includes tools for knowledge
acquisition and knowledge base construction, provides trigger mechanis
ms for evocation of the knowledge base and an inference engine for exe
cution control of appropriate parts of the knowledge base during run-t
ime. The tools are part of the HELIOS service components and are integ
rated within the HELIOS communication framework. The work is based on
the Arden Syntax, a standard for knowledge representation, allowing me
dical logic modules (MLMs) to be shared and transferred between instit
utions.