Contents

Foreword

Introduction

I Primary knowledge acquisition

1 Direct methods for knowledge acquisition

1.1 Interviews

1.2 Case studies

1.3 Observations

1.4 Concept elicitation

1.5 Special methods

2 Indirect methods for knowledge acquisition

2.1 Data gathering

2.2 Structural analysis

2.3 Compiled knowledge deduction

3 Inductive learning

3.1 Building of decision trees

3.2 Generating production rules

3.3 Combinatorial data analysis

4 Direct knowledge transfer

4.1 Knowledge acquisition in context

II Knowledge refinement and modification

5 Knowledge refinement

5.1 Extending knowledge

5.2 Knowledge reduction

5.3 Knowledge modification

6 Knowledge transformation

6.1 Transformation with knowledge modification

6.2 Modification of knowledge representation

References

Index