Knowledge Acquisition for Knowledge-Based Systems

This volume constitutes the proceedings of the 7th
European Knowledge         Acquisition Workshop (EKAW `93), held in
Toulouse and Caylus, France, in      September 1993.
Traditionally the EKAW workshops deal with the                     various
aspects of knowledge acquisition as a crucial topic                        in
artificial intelligence as well as in computer science,
engineering   in general, and cognitive science. EKAW `93 had
ist emphasis on knowledge   acquisition for knowledge-based
systems; besides the scientific workshop on the inter-
disciplinary topic of knowledge acquisition there also               was
offered an open day as a users' forum open to the public.
This         proceedings contains the best papers presented at the
scientific workshop   after they had been selected by an
international program committee               consisting of leading
experts in the field. The volume includes two surveys by Guy
Boy and Brian Gaines and is divided in two main parts: the
first part on problem solving models has sections on
building steps, support         tools, and comparison of approaches;
the second part on life cycle and         methodologies is divided
in sections on refinement, methodologies,               workbenches, and
elicitation techniques.