On Knowledge Base Management Systems: Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Database Technologies

Current experimental systems in industry, government, and the military take advantage of knowledge-based processing. For example, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) are supporting the development of information systems that contain diverse, vast, and growing repositories of data (e.g., vast databases storing geographic information). These systems require powerful reasoning capabilities and processing such as data processing,...