A graphical operating environment for neural network expert systems

Abstract

A window-based platform, known as the Graphical Environment for Neuronet Expert Systems (GENES), is proposed. The platform provides the user with an easy-to-learn, easy-to-use operating environment for creating, training, editing, and enhancing neural-network-based expert systems. The underlying neural logic network (NELONET) has been shown to be capable of doing logical inferencing and is used in two large-scale-operation expert systems. Building on top of the X-window system and the OPENLOOK user interface, GENES inherits the select-and-perform operation strategy for neural network objects. The system's knowledge base contains simple network elements that correspond to rules in a conventional system. During the inference process, these network elements are linked up dynamically to form a large neural network which will operate according to the NELONET activation rules. >