Blackboard Application Systems, Blackboard Systems and a Knowledge Engineering Perspective

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  • H. Penny Nii

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1609/aimag.v7i3.550

Abstract

The first blackboard system was the Hearsay-II speech-understanding system (Erman et al. 1980), which evolved between 1971 and 1976. Subsequently, many systems have been built that have similar system organization and run-time behavior. The objectives of this document (a part of a retrospective monograph on the AGE Project currently in preparation) are (1) to define what is meant by blackboard systems and (2) to show the richness and diversity of blackboard system designs. In Part 1 we discussed the underlying concept behind all blackboard systems -- the blackboard model of problem solving. In order to bridge the gap between the model and working systems, we introduced and discussed the blackboard framework. We also traced the history of ideas and designs of some application systems that helped shape the blackboard model. In Part 2, we describe and contrast existing blackboard systems. Blackboard systems can generally be divided into two categories: application systems and skeletal systems. In application systems, the blackboard system components are integrated into the domain knowledge required to solve the problem at hand.

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Published

1986-07-30

How to Cite

Nii, H. P. (1986). Blackboard Application Systems, Blackboard Systems and a Knowledge Engineering Perspective. AI Magazine, 7(3), 82. https://doi.org/10.1609/aimag.v7i3.550

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