Agile Development Of Diagnostic Knowledge Systems
Joachim Baumeister · Online Publication Service of Würzburg University (Würzburg University) · 2004
The topic of this thesis is the agile development of diagnostic knowledge systems.The writing of the thesis was a kind of agile development, too: Starting with a more or less precise idea of the main issues of the work, the particular topics were modified and replaced according to the results of own and other research results.Although done manually agile techniques as restructuring (e.g., extract section), testing (cross-proof reading with other sections), and learning (reading papers about new topics) proved to be suitable methods for finishing with a comprehensive thesis about agile knowledge engineering.However, to be serious: My work actually was primarily supported by many people giving me advices, inspiring me in (sometimes contrary) discussions, or by simple encouragement, rather than by sophisticated techniques.First of all, I want to thank my supervisors Frank Puppe and Dietmar Seipel for providing me a perfect environment of research with open doors and open minds; with both I spent a lot of time in fruitful discussions about the practical and theoretical dimensions of knowledge systems.In the past years I learned so much about the practical and academic factors of successful research.Furthermore, I want to thank my colleagues of the AI working group at the University of Würzburg, especially Martin Atzmüller for being my partner in the learning methods dream-team.Norman Brümmer, Rainer Herrler, Alexander Hörnlein, Franziska Klügl-Frohnmeyer, Christoph Oechslein, and my other colleagues also supported me during the years.Last but not least, Petra Braun -the good heart of our group -helped me coping with various problems of bureaucracy and other ordinary things of life, or simply by extending my musical horizon.The practical parts of my work would have not been possible without Dr.Karl-Werner Lorenz and Dr. Michael Neumann, who were my partners in the medical project ECHODOC and the biological projects LIMPACT and ILMAX, respectively.I am grateful for their valuable and constructive input to my work.Besides my colleagues I would like to thank Michael Wolber, Ioannis Iglezakis, Sven Wahler