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Title:On Compositional Modelling
Authors: Jeroen Keppens ; Qiang Shen
Date:Mar 2001
Publication Title:Knowledge Engineering Review
Abstract:
Many solutions to AI problems require the task to be represented in one of a multitude of rigorous mathematical formalisms. The construction of such mathematical models forms a difficult problem which is often left to the user of the problem-solver. This void between problem-solvers and their problems is studied by the eclectic field of automated modelling. Within this field, compositional modelling, a knowledge-based methodology for system-modelling, has established itself as a leading approach. In general, a compositional modeller organises knowledge in a structure of composable fragments that relate to particular system components or processes. Its embedded inference mechanism chooses the appropriate fragments with respect to a given problem, instantiates and assembles them into a consistent system model. Many different types of compositional modeller exist, however, with significant differences in their knowledge representation and approach to inference. This paper examines compositional modelling. It presents a general framework for building and analysing compositional modellers. Based on this framework, a number of influential compositional modellers are examined and compared. The paper also identifies the strengths and weaknesses of compositional modelling and discusses some typical applications.
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2002 by The University of Edinburgh. All Rights Reserved
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@Misc{EDI-INF-RR-0132,
author = { Jeroen Keppens and Qiang Shen },
title = {On Compositional Modelling},
year = 2001,
month = {Mar},
}


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