A collection of papers presented at a NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) in 1989, with sections on: symbolic data, concepts and learning; data analysis and applications; computer-assisted decision support - integrating, representing and processing knowledge.

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1 Symbolic Data, Concepts and Learning.- Pyramidal Representation of Symbolic Objects.- Knowledge Representation and Symbolic Data Analysis.- Automated Acquisition of Production Rules by Empirical Supervised Learning Methods.- Improving Consistency Within Knowledge Bases.- Cluster and Classify: A Conceptual Approach.- Incremental Learning From Symbolic Objects.- 2 Data Analysis and Applications.- Fitting a Quasi-Poisson Case of the GSTUN (General Stochastic Tree UNfolding) Model and Some Extensions.- A Latent Class Approach to Modeling Pairwise Preferential Choice Data.- Dual Scaling of Designed Experiments.- A Generalization of Asymmetric Multidimensional Scaling.- Some Algorithms for Bond Energy Data Analysis, Including Simulated Annealing.- 3 Computer-Assisted Decision Support: Integrating, Representing and Processing Knowledge.- Building an Expert Decision Support System: The Integration of Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research Methods.- Space Management Support Systems: From SH.A.R.P. to M.E.S.s?.- Decision Making: A Computational Approach.- Artificial Intelligence Methods in Data Analysis and Interpretation.- Market-Share Analysis: A Core Technology for Learning About Markets and Competition.- A Tentative Approach to Integrate AI Techniques to Improve a Heuristic-Based OR Model for Rural Telephone Network Planning.- A Knowledge-Based Multimedia Distributed System Model.- Knowledge Representation and Search Methods for Decision Support Systems.- Knowledge-Oriented Support for Data. Analysis Applications to Marketing.- Expert Systems as Support in Economic Planning.- Emergent Themes in Statistical Expert Systems.- Business Forecasts Using a Forecasting Expert System.- Expert Systems: A Database Perspective.- Interpretation of N umbers as Search.-DSFINANCEDecision Support for Financial Planning.- Applying Data Analysis Techniques to Acquire Knowledge About Database Use and Contents.- Knowledge Acquisition for a Diagnosis-Based Task.- A Simple Software System for Eliciting Structured Sets of Notions from a Group of Experts (Methods and Experiences).- Demand Forecasting for Strategic Decision Support.- Model Management: The Core of Intelligent Decision Support.- S.AM:.A Knowledge-Based System for Modeling an Economist.