摘要:
A method and apparatus for establishing a knowledge database used in an expert system, which can automatically establish a knowledge database without the aid of knowledge engineers, and a recording medium therefor are provided. The method includes: building up a hypothesis suitable for dealing with an assigned task; generating keywords used for searching a plurality of databases based on the hypothesis; collecting data from the databases through searching with reference to the keywords; and extracting knowledge for dealing with the assigned task from the collected data and systematizing the extracted knowledge to be storable in a knowledge database. The method of establishing a knowledge database can reduce the time and cost required for establishing a knowledge database system by automatically updating, maintaining, or fixing the knowledge database without the aid of knowledge engineers.