Of particular significance are knowledge-based systems where directly measurable and technically comprehensible information makes the transition to the general concept of ‘knowledge’. Knowledge is information at the highest abstract level. Consequently, the automated acquisition, appropriate representation and automatic manipulation of knowledge, and intelligent knowledge-based human-machine interfaces, play a key role in the automation of complex systems – primarily in technical applications but also in other areas like medicine, law and society.
Main fields of research and development are: