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This chapter investigates architectural issues of Knowledge-Base Management Systems (KBMSs) that might result from the integration of Knowledge-Base (KB) systems and Database Management Systems (DBMS) technology. A hypothetical KBMS architecture is presented that assumes the decomposition and current KB systems and DBMSs into components that may themselves be KB systems. The architecture is for a system of heterogeneous, distributed, cooperating KB components that actively participate in problem solving (e.g., Knowledge Management and KB application components cooperate, a DBMS query optimizer cooperates with other KB planning components.) The architecture is used to investigate the systems concept of a KBMS, its potential functionality, related systems issues, and types of integration.
This work was supported in part by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and by the National Science Foundation, Grant ECS-841383F. The views and conclusions contained in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official policies of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the National Science Foundation, or the U. S. Government.
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Manola, F., Brodie, M.L. (1986). On Knowledge-Based System Architectures. In: Brodie, M.L., Mylopoulos, J. (eds) On Knowledge Base Management Systems. Topics in Information Systems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4980-1_4
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