Exercise description:

Exercise on reusableTask template selection (Ch. 6)

This exercise assumes you have read Ch. 6 of the KE&M book on reusable Template Knowledge Models. Answer the following questions.

  1. Indicate for each of the application tasks listed below the task type to which they belong. Note that a single application task may consist of multiple task types.
  2. For at least three of the tasks listed below:
    1. Construct an annotated inference structure for (part of) the application task, based on the inference structure of a task type identified in step 1 above.
    2. Identify domain-specific examples of the constructs in the domain schema .for this task type (for a few task types no schema is given: skip these).
  4. Formulate a tentative judgment about the technical feasibility of (partially) automating these application tasks. (take a look at the second row of the Organization Model worksheet OM-5 in Ch. 3).

Task list:

  1. Buying a personal computer.
  2. Finding and remedying disturbances in an an electrical network of a certain region.
  3. Assessing whether a person is eligible for a residence permit in a a particular city.
  4. Constructing a work schedule for nurses in a hospital ward.
  5. Building a play house with Lego blocks.
  6. Find the best service strategy in an emergency situation after a 911 call: send ambulance, send helicopter, et cetera.