That part of an expert system containing application-specific reasoning knowledge that the inference engine uses in the course of reasoning about a problem. In expert systems whose reasoning knowledge is represented as rules, the knowledge base is a rule set or rule base. A knowledge base can also contain other kinds of knowledge. Artificial intelligence; Expert systems.
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Gass, S.I., Harris, C.M. (2001). Knowledge base . In: Gass, S.I., Harris, C.M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-0611-X_503
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