Chapter 9. Collecting the knowledge
In this chapter you’ll...
- Learn about knowledge engineering
- Learn to interview experts
- Collect requirements
- Assemble domain knowledge
A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.
Lao Tzu
The first step in developing any rule-based system is collecting the knowledge the system will embody. In this chapter, your major concern will be to learn how this can be accomplished. As a practical example, you’ll gather the knowledge you’ll build into your first nontrivial rule-based program.
9.1. The Tax Forms Advisor
For the next three chapters, you’ll be developing a simple rule-based application that recommends United States income tax forms. The application asks the user a series of questions and, ...
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