Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 234 pages
- Published by: World Scientific Publishing Company December 1993
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 9810211287
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-9810211288
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Book Dimensions:
8.6 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
- Weighs: 1 pounds
Book Description
The interplay of artificial intelligence and
software engineering has been an interesting and an active area in research institution and industry. This book covers the state of the art in the use of knowledge-based approaches for
software specification, design, implementation, testing and debugging. Starting with an introduction to various
software engineering paradigms and knowledge-based
software systems, the book continues with the discussion of using hybrid knowledge representation as a basis to specify
software requirements, to facilitate specification analysis and transformation of real-time distributed
software systems. A formal requirements specification language using non-monotonic logic, temporal logic, frames and production systems for new
software engineering paradigms (such as rapid prototyping, operational specification and transformational implementation) is also discussed in detail. Examples from switching and other applications are used to illustrate the requirements language. Finally, the development, specification and verification of knowledge-based systems are investigated.