Incremental Lifecycle Validation of Knowledge-Based Systems Through CommonKADS

    Authors

    F. A. Batarseh;A. J. Gonzalez

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    IEEE Trans. Syst. Man Cybern. -Syst.

    Keywords

    Lifecycle; methods for SQA and V&V; test execution; validation; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; EXPERT; VERIFICATION; PERFORMANCE; Automation & Control Systems; Computer Science, Cybernetics

    Abstract

    This paper introduces an incremental validation method for knowledge-based systems (KBSs) based on a lifecycle model of system development. Although many validation methods have been proposed for KBSs, there remains a need for an incremental validation method based on a lifecycle model. Lifecycle models provide a formal framework for the developer that can be highly beneficial for the validation process. CommonKADS is the most commonly accepted of such lifecycle models. It offers a de facto standard for building KBSs. Moreover, the incremental validation method introduced in this paper is based on case testing and provides strict guidelines to selecting a set of test cases to validate the system. Most importantly, this validation method makes use of results of prior test cases to guide the use of later test cases in subsequent development iterations. This facilitates the definition of an efficient set of test cases that provides effective system coverage. The proposed incremental validation method is evaluated, and the results are reported.

    Journal Title

    Ieee Transactions on Systems Man Cybernetics-Systems

    Volume

    43

    Issue/Number

    3

    Publication Date

    1-1-2013

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    643

    Last Page

    654

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000323495900013

    ISSN

    2168-2216

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