Project STEAMER: 3. Using Qualitative Simulation to Generate Explanations of How to Operate Complex Physical Devices.

摘要

The main objective of the STEAMER effort is to develop and evaluate advanced knowledge-based techniques for use in low-cost portable training systems. The project is focused on propulsion engineering as a domain in which to investigate these computer-based training techniques. This report, the third in a series on the STEAMER project, describes a method based on incremental qualitative simulations for automatically generating explanations in and animating diagrams to explain the operation of complex physical devices such as those found in propulsion plants. Keywords: Propulsion engineering; Intelligent computer-assisted instruction; Artificial intelligence; Computer graphics. (SDW)