KADS

KADS is a structured methodology for the development of knowledge based systems which has been adopted throughout the world by academic and industrial professionals alike.

KADS approaches development as a modeling activity.

Two key characteristics of KADS are the use of multiple models to cope with the complexity of knowledge engineering and the use of knowledge-level descriptions as an immediate model between system design and expertise data.

The result is that KADS enables effective KBS construction by building a computational model of desired behavior for a particular problem domain.

KADS contains three section: the Theoretical Basis of KADS, Languages and Tools, and Applications.

Together they form a comprehensive sourcebook of the how and why of the KADS methodology.

KADS will be required reading for all academic and industrial professionals concerned with building knowledge-based systems.

It will also be a valuable source for students of knowledge acquisition and KBS.