MODELS AND APPLICATIONS OF MULTIMEDIA, HYPERMEDIA, AND INTELLIMEDIA INTEGRATION WITH EXPERT-SYSTEMS

As is widely recognized, information in a variety of media forms (text, data, graphics, still images, animation, full-motion video, speech, and nonspeech audio) is expanding at an accelerated rate. It is also recognized that present methods of information processing are not adequate to cope with either this glut or with increasing user needs. New designs and synergistic methods of intelligent interactive information management are needed, including the integration of expert systems (ES) with various media forms. This article explores the integration of ES with multimedia, hypermedia, and intellimedia-the latter being an advanced intelligent media concept identified by the author. Furthermore, it describes and discusses integration models, application domains, emerging integrated applications, and research issues.