Expert system verification and validation techniques for the utility industry
The purpose of this paper is to provide the utility industry with some possible techniques for the verification and validation (V and V) of expert systems. The authors borrow from the conventional side of programming by applying common techniques used in standard V and V efforts to expert system development efforts. In addition, other expert system application areas, such as meteorology and hazardous waste management, have successfully utilized a variety of V and V techniques. The utility industry should also be able to adapt those methodologies to specific utility applications. The utility industry should examine a combination of techniques and variations of these techniques for use in expert system V and V. No single technique can provide the answer. Instead, a series of techniques ranging from automated tools to check for syntax/consistency errors to well-developed performance criteria (supported by a detailed statistical analysis) should be required by the expert system utility client (the user) as part of the overall development effort.
- OSTI ID:
- 6844259
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-901101-; CODEN: TANSAO
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States), Vol. 62; Conference: American Nuclear Society (ANS) winter meeting, Washington, DC (United States), 11-16 Nov 1990; ISSN 0003-018X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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