Dedication

In memory of Roger E. Hoffman, our deceased colleague whose decency, honor, humor and intellect touched all who worked with him. The Hoffman Regions described in this handbook, a crucial concept in defining the completeness and consistency of expert systems, were conceived by Roger.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Planning and Management

3. Developing a Verifiable System

4. The Basic Proof Method

5. Finding Partitions Without Expert Knowledge

6. Knowledge Modeling

7. VV&E for Small Expert Systems

8. Validating Underlying Knowledge

9. Testing the Reliability of Systems

10. Field Evaluation, Distribution and Maintenance

Appendices

Bibliography

 

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