Verification and validation issues in expert and database systems: the expert systems perspective

The paper is directed at two central objectives. The first is to identify and establish areas of overlap between the expert and database system domains. The second is to present a view of existing and ongoing work within the expert systems community concerning the Verification and Validation (V&V) of rule bases. This review is directed towards the database community with the express aim of identifying possibilities where expert system V&V knowhow may also be of value to the database community, especially with respect to the identified areas of overlap.