Generic Components based Expert System Shell for Avionics Applications

Abstract

This paper focuses on the construction of a Generic Components Based Expert System Shell for various avionics applications. Traditional Expert Systems have been constructed using a single monolithic software program for a specific application. In traditional/commercial Expert System, either the Knowledgebase is hard-coded into the program or the linking of the Expert System modules with the knowledge bases takes place during compilation time. These commercial Expert Systems can’t be used for complex applications where multiple knowledge bases have to be handled at run time, because the coupling of any particular knowledge base needs either the alteration of program code and/or recompilation. Secondly all these commercial Expert Systems are working in interactive mode during the inference process. To overcome these problems, ADE (Aeronautical Development Establishment) is currently involved in the design and development of a complex competent shell i.e. A Generic Components Based Expert System Shell for Avionics applications. This shell works in automatic mode and the system engineer can easily configure these generic components into a domain-oriented solution for any complex application including applications where multiple knowledge bases are handled. In this paper, we are discussing the role and generic nature of this shell along with its components and how they are configured as a domain-oriented solution for different kinds of applications at ADE.