Knowledge engineers
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Knowledge Engineers
Knowledge Engineers are computer systems experts who are trained in the field of expert systems. Receiving information from domain experts the knowledge engineers interpret the presented information and relay it to computer programmers who code the information in to systems databases to be accessed by end-users. Knowledge engineers are used primarily in the contruction process of computer systems[1].
Using information relayed by the domain experts, knowledge engineers are experts at constructing meaningful, useful, and simplistic Knowledge-Based Systems (KBS). Often knowledge engineers are employed to break down the information passed on by domain experts into more simplistic terms which cannot be easily communicated by the highly technalized domain expert [2].
In recent years, the role of knowledge engineers has come under intense scrutiny from those specializing in the area of KBS and expert systems. Many computer systems experts believe that knowledge experts role in the creation and maintenance of complex computer systems in unnecessary, and can be simply left out of the process of systems creation. Conversly, some computer systems experts believe that their role is vital in the fact that they provide a good middle-man between highly specialized domain experts and computer coders. Known for their ability to simplify experts information and instructions, knowledge engineers are useful in that they can interpret, and organize internal information on how to make systems decisions[3].