Abstract
A uniform formalism is used to model all stages of knowledge-based systems design. In this approach data, information and knowledge are all represented in this single uniform formalism. This formalism incorporates two classes of constraints which are applied to data, information and to knowledge. A conceptual model is a representation of the system expertise using this formalism. An internal model is derived from the conceptual model and from a specification of the system transactions and the performance constraints. The internal model is a complete system specification. The internal model is derived in two steps. First, the conceptual model and a specification of the system transactions are used to derive the functional model. The functional model shows how the knowledge in the conceptual model should be employed to deliver the transactions. Second, the internal model is derived from the functional model and from the performance constraints. Using a broad definition of ‘best’, the problem of deriving the best functional model, and the problem of deriving an internal model are both NP-complete.
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