Analysis and Design of the Knowledge Representation for the Implementation of a Distributed Reasoning

The representation of knowledge and the reasoning comprise fundamental parts of the design of an expert system. In the case under study the real world is represented by the different events that can arise in the operation of a nuclear plant. These events are characterized by a set of elements interr...

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Authors: Mora-Torres, Martha, Laureano-Cruces, Ana Lilia, Ramírez-Rodríguez, Javier, Espinosa-Paredes, Gilberto
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2009
Country:Costa Rica
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repository:Portal de Revistas UCR
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/306
Online Access:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/matematica/article/view/306
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Fuzzy cognitive maps
parallel distributed reasoning
knowledge representation
Mapas cognoscitivos difusos
razonamiento distribuido
representación del conocimiento
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Summary:The representation of knowledge and the reasoning comprise fundamental parts of the design of an expert system. In the case under study the real world is represented by the different events that can arise in the operation of a nuclear plant. These events are characterized by a set of elements interrelated through expert reasoning. We have chosen fuzzy cognitive maps (FCM) for the representation of the expert reasoning front to a fault event, because it handles the uncertainty in the decision making, through the interrelation among its elements. In addition, the FCM emphasizes a representation that allows parallel distributed reasoning (PDR). In our work we detail the analysis and design that was developed to build the causality matrices that give origin to the distributed reasoning, and ultimately have a representation in the FCMs.