Modularization in an object-oriented knowledge base system

Modularization of a knowledge base system has the following goals: improving system response time, providing a more secure system and adding the capability to load or unload individual modules. However the object-oriented characteristics of a knowledge base system make modularization a complex task, due in large part to the many inter-relationships of the objects. The author suggests a modularization strategy for the knowledge representation language Telos, based on the structure of the language and with consideration for the security framework of the Group Security model.<
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