Conducting Feasibility Studies for Knowledge Based Systems
This provides a structured approach for practitioners planning knowledge-based systems, but it is incremental as it applies existing feasibility study concepts to a specific domain.
The paper tackles the problem of conducting feasibility studies for knowledge-based systems by outlining factors in business, technical, and stakeholder domains, and demonstrates this with a case study on a thyroid condition diagnosis system.
This paper describes how to carry out a feasibility study for a potential knowledge based system application. It discusses factors to be considered under three headings: the business case, the technical feasibility, and stakeholder issues. It concludes with a case study of a feasibility study for a KBS to guide surgeons in diagnosis and treatment of thyroid conditions.