• Architectural research
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.85-92
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• 2010

In recent years, construction projects have been forced to cope with lack of skilled labor and increasing hazard circumstance of human operations. A construction robotic system has been frequently accomplished as one alterative for overcoming these difficulties in increasing construction quality, enhancing productivity, and improving safety. However, while the complexity of such a system increases, there are few ways to carry out an assessment of the system. This paper introduces a knowledge-based multi-criteria decision-making process to assist decision makers in systematically evaluating an automated system for a given project and quantifying its system performance index. The model employs linguistic terms and fuzzy numbers in attempts to deal with the vagueness inherent in experts' or decision makers' subjective opinions, considering the contribution resulted from their knowledge on a decision problem. As an illustrative case, the system, called Robotic-based Construction Automation, for constructing steel erection of high-rise buildings was applied into this model. The results show the model's capacities and imply the application to other extended types of construction robotic systems.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.177-186
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• 2002

This paper describes a research work on the development of computer-aided design system far the deep drawing & ironing of high pressure gas cylinder. An approach to the design system is based on the knowledge-based rules. Knowledge for the system is formulated from plasticity theories, handbook, experimental results and the empirical knowledge of field experts. This system has been written in AutoLISP on the AutoCAD Rl4.0 using personal computer. This system is composed of three modules which are input. process design and drawing.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2005.06a
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• pp.1050-1053
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• 2005

There is no agreed definition of intelligence. The ability to adapt to the environments is a kind of intelligence. Expert functionally recognize environment using their five senses, and acquire and memorize knowledge necessary for operating machines. Knowledge that they cannot acquire directly is acquired in indirect ways. The purpose of intelligence machines is applying to machines experts' knowledge acquisition process and their skills in operating machine. An agent is an autonomous process that recognizes external environment, exchanges knowledge with external machines and performs an autonomous decision-making function in order to achieve common goals. This paper describes agent application for intelligence machine.

• Korean Journal of Adult Nursing
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.244-252
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• 2012

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to develop a knowledge scale of risk factors for fall among community-dwelling older adults. Further, the validity and reliability of the scale was developed. Methods: A preliminary scale was developed through content validity by five experts and targeted subjects using the CVI (Content Validity Index). Following the establishment of content validity, the scale was used with 359 community-dwelling older adults to further establish both validity and reliability of the scale. Specifically, construct validity using known-group comparison technique, and reliability using Cronbach's ${\alpha}$ were established. Results: After content validity testing, 44 preliminary items were selected. Construct validity was established by known group-comparison, in which scores between the fall and no fall groups were compared. The Cronbach's ${\alpha}$ of the final scale was .83. Conclusion: Reliability and validity of the scale were confirmed. This tool may be used for measuring knowledge of fall risk factor for the community-dwelling older adults.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics B
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• v.31B no.10
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• pp.53-66
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• 1994

In this paper, a fuzzy expert system is developed for fault diagnoisis of a drum-type boiler system in fossil power plants. The develped fuzzy espert system is composed of knowledge base, fuzzification module, knowledge base process module, knowledge base management module, inference module, and linguistic approximation module. The main objective of the fuzzy expert system is to check the states of the system including the drum level and detect faults such as the feedwater flow sensor fault, feedwater flow control valve fault, and water wall bube rupture. The fuzzy expert system diagnoses faults using process values, manipulated values, and knowledge base which is built via interviews and questionaries with the experts on the plant operations. Finally, the validity of the developed fuzzy expert system is shown via experiments using the digital simulator for boiler system is Seoul Power Plant Unit 4.

• The Journal of Information Systems
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• v.1
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• pp.149-178
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• 1992

The field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is growing, and many firms are investing in expert system, one of AI's subfields. An expert system is defined as a computer program designed to replicate some aspect of the decision making of one or more experts and to be used by nonexperts. The kernel of an expert system is the knowledge base, which consists of the facts and rules that represent the expert's knowledge. Firms need expert systems for training employees to provide competitive advantage. This paper describes the model of an instructional expert training system which interfaces to external programs, such as an ASCII file, a work-sheet program, and a database program. A model for such an expert training system, and its prototype have been developed to demonstrate its functionality. A modular knowledge base has been developed and implemented in support of this study. The modularized knowledge base offers the user an easy and quick maintenance of facts and rules, which are frequently required to change in future.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.8 no.12
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• pp.1-9
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• 2008

Fuzzy Cognitive Map, one of ways to model, describe and infer reasoning relations, is widely used in the field of reasoning knowledge engineering. Despite of the natural and easy understanding of decision and smooth explanation of relation between front and rear, reasoning relation is organized with mathematical haziness and complex algorithm and rarely has an interactive user interface. This paper suggests an interactive Fuzzy Cognitive Map(FCM) construction support system. It builds a FCM increasingly concerning multiple experts' knowledge. Futhermore, it supports user-supportive environment by dynamically displaying the structure of Fuzzy Cognitive Map which is constructed by the interaction between experts and the system.

• Proceedings of the Korea Database Society Conference
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• 1999.06a
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• pp.137-143
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• 1999

전문가시스템은 지식베이스를 이용하여 지식을 추론하는 추론엔진과 해당분야의 전문지식이 쌓여있는 지식베이스로 구성되어진다. 전문가시스템연구에 있어서 지식베이스에 저장되는 지식획득과정의 규명이 가장 핵심적인 연구분야라고 할 수 있다. 전문지식은 일반적으로 지식공학자들이 전문가로부터 전문지식을 획득하여 구현하는 것이 가장 일반적인 방법으로서 많은 전문가시스템 개발방법 이론들은 지식획득과정에서 지식공학자들의 역할을 필수적인 것으로 이해하고 있다. 그러나 지식획득에 관한 광범위한 해결책은 여전히 제시되고 있지 못하며, 이러한 문제점은 전문가시스템의 상용화에 가장 큰 어려움으로 지적되고 있다. 최근에는 이러한 지식획득병목현상을 해결하기 위하여 상황인식론과 같은 지식에 대한 새로운 해석을 기반으로한 지식획득 방법 이론들이 소개되고 있다. Multiple Classification Ripple Down Rules이론은 1995년 소개된 이론으로서 지식의 획득과정을 지식의 유지보수라는 소프트웨어 공학적 개념에서 접근하고 있다. 지식의 획득과정에서 완전무결한 지식의 모델 찾기를 지양하고 지식이란 단계적 확장개념에서 진화한다고 이해한다. 즉 지식베이스의 구축 단계를 개발과 완료가 불가능하다는 관점에서 지식베이스는 끊임없이 유지보수가 필요한 대상으로 이해하고 이러한 유지보수를 가능하게 하는 방법론을 제시한다 MCRDR에서 가장 핵심적인 부분은 지식공학자의 역할을 최소화하고 시스템 내부에서 지식의 관리와 획득을 수행하여 전문가로 하여금 직접적인 지식 입력이 가능하도록 하는 부분이다. MCRDR이론의 경우 여러가지 연구실험을 통하여 실용성이 입증되었고 의료분야에서 상용화 시스템 개발 툴로서 사용되어져 왔다. 그러나 MCRDR이론이 적용된 전문가시스템 들의 경우 MCRDR이론을 기본으로한 개발 툴로서 개발된 시스템들이 아니고 해당분야에서 MCRDR이론을 적용한 엔진을 직접 설계 구현하여 온 것이 사실이다. KEE(Knowledge Engineer for Experts) 시스템은 최근 개발된 MCRDR기반 전문가시스템 개발 툴로서 본 논문에서는 이러한 분야별 전문가시스템 개발을 지양하고 MCRDR이론을 기반으로 한 범용성 있는 전문가시스템 개발 툴의 개발에 관한 연구를 소개한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Inteligent Information System Society Conference
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• 1999.03a
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• pp.137-143
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• 1999

전문가시스템은 지식베이스를 이용하여 지식을 추론하는 추론엔진과 해당분야의 전문지식이 쌓여있는 지식베이스로 구성되어진다. 전문가시스템연구에 있어서 지식베이스에 저장되는 지식획득과 정의 규명이 가장 핵심적인 연구분야하고 할 수 있다. 전문지식은 일반적으로 지식공학자들이 전문가로부터 전문지식을 획득하여 구현하는 것이 가장 일반적인 방법으로서 많은 전문가시스템 개발방법 이론들은 지식획득과정에서 지식공학자들의 역할을 필수적인 것으로 이해하고 있다. 그러나 지식획득에 관한 광범위한 해결책은 여전히 제시되고 있지 못하며, 이러한 문제점은 전문가 시스템의 상용화에 가장 큰 어려움으로 지적되고 있다. 최근에는 이러한 지식획득병목현상을 해결하기 위하여 상황인식론과 같은 지식에 대한 새로운 해석을 기반으로한 지식획득 방법 이론들이 소개되고 있다. Multiple Classification Ripple Down Rules 이론은 1995년 소개된 이론으로서 지식의 획득과정을 지식의 유지보수라는 소프트웨어 공학적 개념에서 접근하고 있다. 지식의 획득과정에서 완전무결한 지식의 모델 찾기를 지양하고 지식이란 단계적 확장개념에서 진화한다고 이해한다. 즉 지식베이스의 구축 단계를 개발과 완료가 불가능하다는 관점에서 지식베이스 끊임없이 유지보수가 필요한 대상으로 이해하고 이러한 유지보수를 가능하게 하는 방법론을 제시한다. MCRDR에서 가장 핵심적인 부분은 지식공학자의 역할을 최소화하고 시스템 내부에서 지식의 관리와 획득을 수행하여 연구실험을 통하여 실용성이 입증되었고 의료분야에서 상용화 시스템 개발 툴로서 사용되어져 왔다. 그러나 MCRDR 이론이 적용된 전문가시스템들의 경우 MCRDR이론을 기본으로한 개발 툴로서 개발된 시스템들이 아니고 해당분야에서 MCRDR이론을 적용한 엔진을 직접 설계 구현하여 온 것이 사실이다. KEE(Knowledge Engineer for Experts) 시스템은 최근 개발된 MCRDR기반 전문가시스템 개발 툴로서 본 논문에서는 이러한 분야별 전문가시스템 개발을 지양하고 MCRDR 이론을 기반으로 한 범용성 있는 전문가시스템 개발 툴의 개발에 관한 연구를 소개한다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.307-316
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• 2011

The majority of maritime accidents happened by human factor. For that reason, navigation experts want to an intelligent support system for navigation safety, without officer involvement. The expert system which is one of artificial intelligence skills for navigation support is an important tool that a machine can substitute for an expert through the design of a knowledge base and inference engine using the experience or knowledge of an expert. Further, in the real world, a complex situation requires synthetic estimation with the input of experts in various fields for the correct estimation of the situation, not any one expert. In particular, synthetic estimation is more important for navigation situations than in other cases, because of diverse potential threats. This paper presents the method of knowledge fusion pertaining to navigation safety knowledge from various expert systems, using a blackboard system. Then we will show the validity of the method via a design and implementation of test system effort.