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Guidelines for the verification and validation of expert system software and conventional software: Survey and documentation of expert system verification and validation methodologies. Volume 3

Description: This report is the third volume in the final report for the Expert System Verification and Validation (V&V) project which was jointly sponsored by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Electric Power Research Institute. The ultimate objective is the formulation of guidelines for the V&V of expert systems for use in nuclear power applications. The purpose of this activity was to survey and document techniques presently in use for expert system V&V. The survey effort included an extensive tel… more
Date: March 1, 1995
Creator: Groundwater, E. H.; Miller, L. A. & Mirsky, S. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Verification and validation guidelines for high integrity systems: Appendices A--D, Volume 2

Description: The following material is furnished as an experimental guide for the use of risk based classification for nuclear plant protection systems. As shown in Sections 2 and 3 of this report, safety classifications for the nuclear field are application based (using the function served as the primary criterion), whereas those in use by the process industry and the military are risk based. There are obvious obstacles to the use of risk based classifications (and the associated integrity levels) for nucl… more
Date: March 1, 1995
Creator: Hecht, H,; Hecht, M.; Dinsmore, G.; Hecht, S. & Tang, D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Guidelines for the verification and validation of expert system software and conventional software: Bibliography. Volume 8

Description: This volume contains all of the technical references found in Volumes 1-7 concerning the development of guidelines for the verification and validation of expert systems, knowledge-based systems, other AI systems, object-oriented systems, and conventional systems.
Date: March 1, 1995
Creator: Miller, L. A.; Hayes, J. E. & Mirsky, S. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Guidelines for the verification and validation of expert system software and conventional software: Evaluation of knowledge base certification methods. Volume 4

Description: This report presents the results of the Knowledge Base Certification activity of the expert systems verification and validation (V&V) guideline development project which is jointly funded by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Electric Power Research Institute. The ultimate objective is the formulation of guidelines for the V&V of expert systems for use in nuclear power applications. This activity is concerned with the development and testing of various methods for assuring the quality… more
Date: March 1995
Creator: Miller, L. A.; Hayes, J. E. & Mirsky, S. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Guidelines for the verification and validation of expert system software and conventional software: Survey and assessment of conventional software verification and validation methods. Volume 2

Description: By means of a literature survey, a comprehensive set of methods was identified for the verification and validation of conventional software. The 153 methods so identified were classified according to their appropriateness for various phases of a developmental life-cycle -- requirements, design, and implementation; the last category was subdivided into two, static testing and dynamic testing methods. The methods were then characterized in terms of eight rating factors, four concerning ease-of-us… more
Date: March 1, 1995
Creator: Mirsky, S. M.; Groundwater, E. H.; Hayes, J. E. & Miller, L. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Guidelines for the verification and validation of expert system software and conventional software: Project summary. Volume 1

Description: This eight-volume report presents guidelines for performing verification and validation (V&V) on Artificial Intelligence (Al) systems with nuclear applications. The guidelines have much broader application than just expert systems; they are also applicable to object-oriented programming systems, rule-based systems, frame-based systems, model-based systems, neural nets, genetic algorithms, and conventional software systems. This is because many of the components of AI systems are implemented in … more
Date: March 1, 1995
Creator: Mirsky, S. M.; Hayes, J. E. & Miller, L. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Guidelines for the verification and validation of expert system software and conventional software: Rationale and description of V&V guideline packages and procedures. Volume 5

Description: This report is the fifth volume in a series of reports describing the results of the Expert System Verification C, and Validation (V&V) project which is jointly funded by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Electric Power Research Institute toward the objective of formulating Guidelines for the V&V of expert systems for use in nuclear power applications. This report provides the rationale for and description of those guidelines. The actual guidelines themselves are presented in Volum… more
Date: March 1, 1995
Creator: Mirsky, S. M.; Hayes, J. E. & Miller, L. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Guidelines for the verification and validation of expert system software and conventional software: User`s manual. Volume 7

Description: This report provides a step-by-step guide, or user manual, for personnel responsible for the planning and execution of the verification and validation (V&V), and developmental testing, of expert systems, conventional software systems, and various other types of artificial intelligence systems. While the guide was developed primarily for applications in the utility industry, it applies well to all industries. The user manual has three sections. In Section 1 the user assesses the stringency of V&… more
Date: March 1, 1995
Creator: Mirsky, S. M.; Hayes, J. E. & Miller, L. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Guidelines for the verification and validation of expert system software and conventional software: Validation scenarios. Volume 6

Description: This report is the sixth volume in a series of reports describing the results of the Expert System Verification and Validation (V&V) project which is jointly funded by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Electric Power Research Institute. The ultimate objective is the formulation of guidelines for the V&V of expert systems for use in nuclear power applications. This activity was concerned with the development of a methodology for selecting validation scenarios and subsequently applying… more
Date: March 1, 1995
Creator: Mirsky, S. M.; Hayes, J. E. & Miller, L. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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