Title
Task-dependent qualitative domain abstraction
Abstract
Automated problem-solving for engineered devices is based on models that capture the essential aspects of the behavior. In this paper, we deal with the problem of automatically abstracting behavior models such that their level of granularity is as coarse as possible, but still sufficiently detailed to carry out a given behavioral prediction or diagnostic task. A task is described by a behavior model, as composed from a library, a specified granularity of the possible observations, and a specified granularity of the desired results. The goal of task-dependent qualitative domain abstraction is to determine maximal partitions for the variables' domains (termed qualitative values) that retain all the necessary distinctions. We present a formalization of this problem within a relational (constraint-based) framework, and devise solutions to automatically determine qualitative values for a device model. The results enhance the ability to use a behavior model of a device as a common basis to support different tasks along its life cycle.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1016/j.artint.2004.01.005
Artif. Intell.
Keywords
Field
DocType
behavior model,device model,task-dependent qualitative domain abstraction,abstracting behavior model,possible observation,specified granularity,diagnostic task,different task,domain abstraction,qualitative reasoning,qualitative value,engineered device,model-based systems,life cycle,behavior modeling
Abstraction,Model-based reasoning,Artificial intelligence,Granularity,Mathematics,Qualitative reasoning
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
162
1-2
0004-3702
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
11
0.68
19
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
M. Sachenbacher1110.68
P. Struss2262.60