42. A method as claimed in claim 40 further including the steps of: generating a blackboard structure description file including object names and attribute/value pairs for each object; generating a rule-based description file including rules forming the rule-based knowledge source and execution preconditions; and generating a case-based description file including cases and a description of execution preconditions.
40. A method as claimed in claim 38 wherein the step of executing knowledge sources includes the steps of: executing rule-based knowledge sources having a forward-chaining belief propagation scheme including rules in if-then-else form with associated levels of belief; and executing case-based knowledge sources having a data comparison scheme including predefined patterns and conditions.