---
title: "MORE: An Intelligent Knowledge Acquisition Tool"
authors:
  - "Gary S. Kahn"
  - "Steven J. Nowlan"
  - "John P. McDermott"
doi: ""
url: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1985/110"
pdf: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1985/0110.pdf"
venue: "Proceedings of the Ninth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence"
year: 1985
pages: "581-583"
track: "Learning and Acquisition"
keywords:
---

# MORE: An Intelligent Knowledge Acquisition Tool

Gary S. Kahn, Steven J. Nowlan, John P. McDermott

*Proceedings of the Ninth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence*, pages 581-583.

## Abstract

MORE is a tool that assists in eliciting knowledge from domain experts. Acq uired information is add ed to a domain model of quali tative cau sal relations that may hold among hypotheses, symptoms, and background conditions. After generating diag nosti c rules from the domain mode l, MORE prompts for add itional informati on that would allow a stronger set of diagnostic rul es to be generated . MORE 's primary value lies in its un dersta nd i ng of what kinds of knowledge are likely to be diagnosti cally significant. By formulating its questions in a way that fo c u se s on such knowledge, it makes the most effective use of the domain experts' time.