DESIGN OF A KNOWLEDGE-BASED SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT

This paper presents a design of a knowledge-based simulation environme nt based on techniques from conventional simulation methods, object-or iented programming methods, and knowledge-based programming methods. T he environment has cooperating knowledge-based and simulation parts in tegrated into one modeling system. An idealized knowledge-based simula tion model is presented along with a language for implementing such a model. This language is based on Symbolics Common Lisp with Flavors pa ckage. A model of the software development process is presented to ill ustrate the use of the knowledge-based simulation environment. This so ftware development model is not intended to be a rigorous model of the software development process, but only to illustrate the use of the k nowledge-based development environment which is presented in this pape r.