[Q]uaestor is a knowledge management system that makes it possible to use company own knowledge and tools for product design and preparation in an unprecedented efficient way. Not only will this lead to a gain in time and quality, it can also lead to a considerable decrease in time-to-market of new and improved products. [Back to Top] [Q]nowledge focuses on technical knowledge. With that we mean all information that can be described by data, parameters and relations (formula’s, equations, procedures, programs) their properties and the networks that are formed by these concepts. [Back to Top] The complete process of tracing, managing, using and developing technical knowledge within an organisation is called knowledge management. In other words, technical knowledge management consists of a number of aspects: [Back to Top] A Knowledge Engineer is a user that is authorised to use existing solutions, compose new models using existing knowledge and to add and edit knowledge. These users can initiate, use, manage and extend new knowledge bases. Because of these rights, within an organisation, these users are very often responsible for a part of, or even a complete application in [Q]uaestor [Back to Top] An end user is a user that can only use existing solutions. This user is unauthorised to compose new solutions and can very well be compared with the user of a random traditional application. [Back to Top] A domain expert is a user that is authorised to use existing solutions, edit existing solutions and compose new solutions with existing knowledge. As opposed to a knowledge engineer, a domain expert cannot add or edit any knowledge. These users will have to be familiar with the knowledge within the system to be able to compose new solutions, but they can't change the knowledge. [Back to Top] A scenario is a special type of top goal enebling the knowledge engineer to streamline the process of input and calculations. Is is a special [Q]uaestor -function that provides controle on the timing of required input and desired intermediate and end results. The fixed connection between a dataset and a scenario enables the user to perform a calculation process in defined steps while the given input is saved in the connected dataset. [Back to Top] DE stands for Domain Expert. [Back to Top] KE stands for Knowledge Engineer. [Back to Top] A knowledge base is a collection of knowledge. It is a database that is specifically designed to implement and integrate knowledge. [Back to Top] [Q]uaestor is a knowledge management system. It is an environment that facilitates implementation, management, and the use of knowledge. [Back to Top] An application is the combination of a knowledge base and a knowledge management system. With this combination a specific environment is created that enables the user to work with the knowledge in a flexible and interactive way. [Back to Top] A parameter is a unique element with a name, a dimension and possibly a value. Knowledge originates from assigning relations between parameters. [Back to Top] Within [Q]uaestor , a Top Goal is used to define a 'desired parameter'. By double clicking the parameters, one or more top goals are selected. This way the user can define which parameter he would like to have calculated or what he would like to know. [Back to Top] A solution is the model that results from the dialogue between the system and the user. One or more top goals can be selected in the knowledge base. If the dialogue is started after selecting the top goals, a model can be composed by accepting or rejecting the suggested relations. This model can calculate the desired top goal, depending on the available knowledge. This model can be used again and again with different input variables. A solution could be regarded as a traditional application. [Back to Top] The abbreviation TeLiTab stands for Text List Table. It represents the data format as it is used within [Q]uaestor . This format is also carried through in [Q]uaestor 's user interface. [Back to Top] KCMA stands for the total process of model assembling based on the network of knowledge components in the system. On the basis of individual relations, programs, etc. a model will be assembled by means of a dialogue with the user to determine or calculate the defined top goal. [Back to Top]
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