How to Distribute an Existing Modular Expert System Shell

In this paper we point out the reasons that lead us todistribute modular applications and how we distributethem. We illustrate our ideas with an example of expertsystem shell.1 IntroductionA modular system has the advantages of giving aclear view of its structure, highlighting its main functionalitiesand reusing them. The module autonomyis limited when we want to open complex tools, suchas an expert system shell, to the external world. Distributionis then well adapted to answer to...