The organizational preparation of existing relational databases for the integration of expert systems.
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Authors
Snow, Warren W.
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Advisors
Boger, Dan C.
Short, William B.
Date of Issue
1993-06
Date
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School;
Language
en_US
Abstract
This thesis is a management guide for strategically planning a future
integration of relational databases and expert systems. It relates best to an
organization with large established relational database(s), that is trying to assess the
changes required to integrate expert systems with those databases. Technical
considerations for such a change are discussed, and include the role of database
normalization and the requirement to maintain applications that are independent of the
database structure. The organizational considerations of such an integration are
examined, and focus on the people skills required within an organization to develop
and maintain database and expert system combinations. Three product categories are
established to represent an integrated system, and a commercial off the shelf product
from each category is reviewed to illustrate its specific capabilities. The combination
of relational databases and expert systems has the potential to deliver information
systems of future strategic importance. This thesis serves to assist the information
systems management of military organizations in planning the transition to such a
system.
Type
Thesis
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Department
Systems Technology
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School
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Format
63 p.
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Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.