A Lesson for Software Engineering from Knowledge Engineering

Knowledge engineering has developed fine tools for maintaining the integrity of knowledge bases. These tools may be applied to the maintenance of conventional programs particularly those programs in which business rules are embedded. A unified model of knowledge represents business rules at a higher abstraction than the rule-based paradigm. Representation at this high abstraction enables any changes to business rules to be quantified and tracked through to the imperative programs that implement them. Further, methods may be applied to simplify the unified model so that the maintenance of the imperative implementation too is simplified.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: DEXA
• Authors: John K. Debenham
• Keywords: Business Rules, DEXA 2003, Knowledge Represents Business, Unified Model