Associating Decision Support and Training: METAN: A Learning System for Material Observation and Analysis
Jean‐Luc Wybo, Évelyne Darque-Ceretti · European Journal of Engineering Education · 1996
SUMMARY This paper presents a reflection on the combination of decision support and training in engineering. In most decision support systems, several kinds of methods, suck as knowledge-based, model-based or case-based reasoning, are used to support decision of users, by providing analysis of the situation, relevant information and advice. Learning systems partly use this knowledge in association with tutoring knowledge, to train users to analyze situations, synthesize relevant information and take decisions. The similarity between these two activities is the starting point of this study: is it possible to design intelligent systems that may be used either for training or for decision support? We present the METAN system, a case study in the field of engineering: observation and analysis of materials.