Member of the
Florida Institute of Phosphate Research
MiLo Knowledge System (1999 - current)
This project captures "at risk" knowledge regarding the phosphate industry and presents it in a multimedia knowledge base system called MiLo. Mike Lloyd, Research Director for Chemical Processing at FIPR, is the domain expert for the knowledge system and guides the work of the research team. Principal Investigators are Woody Price and Julian Hilton. The initial research project produced a pilot knowledge system demonstrating the feasibility of capturing, organizing and effectively presenting Mike's considerable expertise for use by FIPR staff. The second project produced a prototype knowledge system demonstrating the ability to extend the system to include supplemental expertise from other experts and deepen the cybernetic model for organizing and presenting the knowledge base content. The project is consolidating the developments already underway while starting to broaden the community of expert contributors and community of users. In addition, the research team has begun examining additional functions, such as computer mapping, for possible inclusion in MiLo.