Characterizing Sufficient Expertise for Learning Systems Validation

There is an obvious necessity to validate resp. verify complex systems. If human experts are involved in the implementation of any validation scenario, there arises the problem of the experts' competence. As a case study, the problem of expertise for systems validation is investigated in the area of learning systems validation. It turns out that certain human expertise sufficient to accomplish certain validation tasks is substantially non-recursive. Consequently, there is no way to replace humans by computer programs for those validation tasks. Validation of Complex Systems -- Necessity, Problems, and Solutions There is an obvious necessity to validate resp. verify complex systems. It might easily happen that :::the inability to adequately evaluate systems may become the limiting factor in our ability to employ systems that our technology and knowledge will allow us to design. (cf. (Wise & Wise 1993)) Unfortunately, there are numerous severe accidents bearing abundant evidence for th..