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There is a great need for methodologies to simplify the knowledge engineering process. In this paper we describe a knowledge engineering methodology called ontological analysis. Ontological analysis aims at a step-by-step articulation of the knowledge structures necessary for performing a task by following the objects and relationships that occur in the task domain itself. As an example, we present an ontological analysis of the inference engine from a knowledge-based troubleshooting system for electronic instruments.
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Freiling, M.J., Rehfuss, S., Alexander, J.H., Messick, S.L., Shulman, S.J. (1986). The Ontological Structure of a Troubleshooting System for Electronic Instruments. In: Sriram, D., Adey, R. (eds) Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Problems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-21626-2_49
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