Investigation of the Possibilities for Interdisciplinary Co-operation by the Use of Knowledge-based System

Each problem always originates from constraints. The decision is a response tothe challenges by the environment. In order to chose appropriate decision supporttechniques the structural complexity of the problem has to be determined. The aim of theapplication of knowledge based systems is to obtain decision support. In this paper theapplication of the system ‘Doctus’ is illustrated and exemplified in connection withprocessing the problem of the potential co-operation between the industrial companies andinstitutes of higher education. The analysis was carried out by the application of inductiveand deductive inference procedures taking into account the requirements of the companiesand the abilities and skills of the higher educational institutions. The assessment of theresults obtained may generate further dilemmas for the solution of which appropriateknowledge bases can be brought about or the already existing ones have to be refined.