Guided Tour of DME Explanations

In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how DME's combination of model formulation, simulation, and explanation capabilities can support collaborative design. After exploring design ideas using model formulation and simulation, engineers can communicate the proposals through self-explanatory simulation scenarios. DME supports the efficient formulation of simulation models, the exploration of alternative scenarios, and explanations of the results.

Here are the main topics covered in the tour:

Active Documentation of Designs
DME as a Collaboration Tool
The RCS Leak Scenario
Summarizing the Complete Scenario
Explaining Salient Changes in State
Explaining Logical Preconditions
Explaining Causal Influences
How Explantions are Generated
Causal Ordering
Acknowledgements

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Tom Gruber <gruber@ksl.stanford.edu>