CONSTRUCTIVE KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING

Knowledge engineering research has shifted from the transfer, expert-d riven metaphor for system development to an interpretative, model-driv en metaphor. The paper examines the relationship between these two met aphors and introduces a third: constructive, problem-driven engineerin g. The paper postulates a theoretical construction of the interrelatio nships between these in terms of the epistemology of expertise, the en gineering process, and representational issues. The constructive appro ach is further illuminated with example systems, and a set of guidelin es for applying the constructive approach is provided.