Open AccessFree Blackboards and Anarchic Communities of Experts
Author(s) -
Brian H. Mayoh
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
daimi pb
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2245-9316
pISSN - 0105-8517
DOI - 10.7146/dpb.v15i207.7558
Subject(s) - blackboard (design pattern) , blackboard system , variety (cybernetics) , structuring , domain (mathematical analysis) , computer science , representation (politics) , world wide web , artificial intelligence , mathematics , political science , software engineering , law , mathematical analysis , politics
The natural way of structuring a large expert system is to organize it as a collection of domain experts that communicate via a blackboard. We describe a ''free'' blackboard system that is being implemented on our Xerox 1108. A survey of the wide variety of languages and logics for knowledge representation and use motivates the freedom of the blackboard organization: the blackboard must not restrict the kind of specialist domain experts that may be devised.