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From: naomi@rshome.demon.co.uk (Naomi)
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Subject: Building and Buying KBS/ES
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Date: Thu, 1 Dec 1994 22:56:36 +0000
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Hello all,

I have some questions that needed some of your opinions.  I got from an
SSADM book "the basic software architecture of a KBS/ES":
- Knowledge base
- inference engine (shell is used to create this part?)
- man/machine interface
- Knowledge acquisition subsystem
- Explanation subsystem
- Working memory (Is this the working machine's memory - RAM?)

Q1. Do u have any other components of a KBS to add to the above?

Q2. If I were to build a KBS, is there any component(s) that are 
    virtually imposible to build?  For e.g., if the working mem. is
    RAM then its ridiculous to build one in-house!

Q3. If I were to buy, which component(s) can I buy other than the 
    shell?

Q4. With the development of such system, who are involved for each
    component?  For e.g., knowledge acquisition subsystem would involve 
    knowledge engineer, the field expert(s) etc.

Thanks in advance.
________________________
Naomi
Naomi@rshome.demon.co.uk

