Knowledge Acquisition for Knowledge-Based Systems, Volume 1

The American Association for Artificial Intelligence sponsored the first Knowledge Acquistion for Knowledge-Based Systems Workshop (KAW) in order to increase the limited communication between knowledge acquisition researchers and help reduce the substantial duplication of their efforts. Organized by John Boose and Brian Gaines, this workshop was held from November 3-7, 1986 in Banff, Canada.These two volumes contain a wide range of material representing foundational work in knowledge acquisition problems, techniques, and tools from the major research groups worldwide. The first volume, Knowledge Acquisition for Knowledge-Based Systems, contains fundamental material, while the second volume, Knowledge Acquisition Tools for Expert Systems, includes tool-oriented material.