Using Software Visualization Technology In The Validation Of Knowledge Based Systems

The validation of a Knowledge Based System (KBS) involves comparisons between an external reference model and a system's component parts. In this paper I describe how such comparisons can be aided by the application of software visualization technology. Software visualization is the use of filmcraft, cartoon animation and graphic design techniques to display data structures, programs, and algorithms. The described approach eases the task of mapping between the comparates by the use of dynamic code, problem solving architecture, and domain oriented visualizations of KBS execution. 1. INTRODUCTION Software Visualization (SV) [Price et al., 1993] is the use of filmcraft, cartoon animation and graphic design techniques to display data structures, programs, and algorithms. Software visualization is basically the unification of algorithm animation and program visualization, two concurrent developments from the 1980s. Algorithm animations are high level characterisations of how data is manip..