Development of knowledge based systems: new ways for the development of software systems

Several interaction points between the software development process in general and the Artificial Intelligence paradigm are presented. Knowledge Based Systems become more and more attractive for solving various automation areas independently of the application domain. Artificial Intelligence is an enabling technology, and one of the application domains is software production. There are various approaches to use this technology. KADS methodology is a development into the future towards a completely supported knowledge based life-cycle model for the development of Knowledge Based Systems. A similar approach can also be taken for the development of more conventional information systems, the expertise necessary to build up an expert system environment for software engineering is available.