Abstract

This thesis examines the issue of uncertainty reasoning and representation in expert systems. Uncertainty and expert systems are defined. The value of uncertainty in expert systems as an approximation of human reasoning is stressed. Five alternative methods of dealing with uncertainty are explored. These include Bayesian probabilities, Mycin confirmation theory, fuzzy set theory, Dempster-Shafer's theory of evidence and a theory of endorsements. A toolkit to apply uncertainty processing in PROLOG expert systems is developed using fuzzy set theory as the basis for uncertainty reasoning and representation. The concepts of fuzzy logic and approximate reasoning are utilized in the implementation. The toolkit is written in C-PROLOG for the PYRAMID UNIX system at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Expert systems (Computer science); Uncertainty (Information theory); Fuzzy sets; Prolog (Computer program language)

Publication Date

1987

Document Type

Thesis

Department, Program, or Center

Computer Science (GCCIS)

Advisor

Biles, Al

Advisor/Committee Member

Lasky, Jefferey

Advisor/Committee Member

Anderson, Peter

Comments

Note: imported from RIT’s Digital Media Library running on DSpace to RIT Scholar Works. Physical copy available through RIT's The Wallace Library at: QA76.76.E95 B522 1987

Campus

RIT – Main Campus

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