Knowledge-Based Configuration: Survey and Future Directions

The configuration of technical systems is one of the most successful application areas of knowledge-based systems. This article overviews and evaluates the developed representation technologies and problem-solving methods, successful application fields and software-tools for configuration of the last few years. Current research themes and perspectives for the application of knowledge-based systems are presented as an outlook for the future.

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