Researchers in the area of knowledge compilation are developing general purpose techniques for improving the efficiency of knowledge-based systems. In this article, an attempt is made to define knowledge compilation, to characterize several classes of knowledge compilation techniques, and to illustrate how some of these techniques can be applied to improve the performance of model-based reasoning systems. Keller, Richard M. Ames Research Center NASA-TM-107876, FIA-91-01, NAS 1.15:107876 NAS2-13210; NCC2-537...
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