Gheorghe Tecuci, Dorin Marcu, Mihai Boicu, David A. SchumCambridge University Press, 9/8/2016EAN 9781107122567, ISBN10: 1107122562Hardcover, 480 pages, 26.2 x 18.3 x 2.5 cmLanguage: EnglishThis book presents a significant advancement in the theory and practice of knowledge engineering, the discipline concerned with the development of intelligent agents that use knowledge and reasoning to perform problem solving and decision-making tasks. It covers the main stages in the development of a knowledge-based agent: understanding the application domain, modeling problem solving in that domain, developing the ontology, learning the reasoning rules, and testing the agent. The book focuses on a special class of agents: cognitive assistants for evidence-based reasoning that learn complex problem-solving expertise directly from human experts, support experts, and nonexperts in problem solving and decision making, and teach their problem-solving expertise to students. A powerful learning agent shell, Disciple-EBR, is included with the book, enabling students, practitioners, and researchers to develop cognitive assistants rapidly in a wide variety of domains that require evidence-based reasoning, including intelligence analysis, cybersecurity, law, forensics, medicine, and education.1. Introduction2. Evidence-based reasoningconnecting the dots3. Methodologies and tools for agent design and development4. Modeling the problem-solving process5. Ontologies6. Ontology design and development7. Reasoning with ontologies and rules8. Learning for knowledge-based agents9. Rule learning10. Rule refinement11. Abstraction of reasoning12. Disciple agents13. Design principles for cognitive assistants.
