A PRIMITIVES-BASED GENERIC APPROACH TO KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION

A primitives-based generic approach to perform knowledge acquisition i s proposed. The approach is generic in the sense that it enables the u ser to construct domain-specific knowledge acquisition tools for speci fic tasks. It is also primitives-based since the construction of speci fic knowledge acquisition tools is based on a primitives kernel that c ontains problem solving primitives, acquisition primitives, interactio n primitives, representation schemas and knowledge verification primit ives. A generic knowledge acquisition shell is developed on the basis of this approach. It facilitates the development of proper specific kn owledge acquisition tools for specific tasks through the construction of experimental knowledge acquisition tools. Furthermore, the shell is developed as an open architecture (i.e. separating the generic knowle dge acquisition structure from specific knowledge acquisition structur es) so that further enhancement can be done readily.