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EXPECT: A User-Centered Framework for Developing KBSs

Background

EXPECT’s Approach to Knowledge Acquisition

EXPECT’s Support for KA:
Key Technologies

Our participation in the KA CCE

Pre-tests with Wide Range of Subjects 
[Kim & Gil IUI-2000]       (EMeD version 1.0)

Schedule for the Experiment

Experiments with EXPECT’s Interdependency Model (Jihie Kim)

EMeD (EXPECT Method Developer):
Guidance through Interdependency Models

Snapshot of EMeD interface

An Example of EMeD’s Interaction with Users

Sample Tasks Given to Subjects

Experimental Results

Experimental Results

Qualitative Results

Experiments with the EXPECT PSM-Based KA Scripts and NL Editor (Jim Blythe)

PSM-Based KA Scripts

English-Based Editor

Snapshot of User Interface

First experiment: An ablation test on the PSM-Based KA Scripts

Sample Tasks Given to Subjects

Quantitative results: what users could do

Quantitative results: speed improvements

Axiom acquisition rates:
Experiment with PSM-Based KA Scripts

Summary

Second experiment with PSM-Based KA Scripts and English-Based Editor

Results

Golden Nuggets

Conclusions

Limitations and Future Work