Building and maintaining a large knowledge-based system from a “knowledge level” perspective: the Diva experiment

Designing knowledge-based systems from a knowledge level perspective is becoming an increasingly widespread practice. Expected benefits from using this approach have been extensively described in literature. The purpose of this paper is to throw light on actual benefits based on a project aiming to design a diagnostic system for rotating machinery: DIVA.

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