| Item |
Description |
| KBS |
Knowledge-Based System. |
| Key Performance Indicator |
The measurable quantities against which specific Performance Criteria can be set. |
| Knowledge |
Knowledge refers to what one knows and understands. |
| Knowledge Acquisition |
The gathering of expertise from a human expert for entry into an expert system. |
| Knowledge Representation |
The notation or formalism used for coding the knowledge to be stored in a knowledge-based system. |
| Knowledge base |
The encoded knowledge for an expert system. In a rule-based expert system, a knowledge base typically incorporates definitions of attributes and rules along with control information. |
| Knowledge engineering |
The process of codifying an expert's knowledge in a form that can be accessed through an expert system. |
| Knowledge-Based System |
A domain specific knowledge base combined with an inference engine that processes knowledge encoded in the knowledge base to respond to a user's request for advice. |
| Known Error |
An incident or problem for which the root cause is known and for which a temporary Work-around or a permanent alternative has been identified. |
