The use of LPR (logic of plausible reasoning) to obtain information on innovative casting technologies

• Using the universal search engine does not give comprehensive results.
• Improved searches achieved by identifying areas of knowledge.
• Original solution has been proposed using the formalism of LPR.
• The solution is located in the information about innovative technology in foundry.
• The results are obtained using the pilot version of the system.

The paper presents a methodology for the application of a formalism of the logic of plausible reasoning (LPR) to create knowledge about a specific problem area. In this case, the methodology has been related to the task of obtaining information about the innovative casting technologies. In the search for documents, formulas created in terms of LPR have a much greater expressive power than the commonly used keywords. The discussion was illustrated with the results obtained using a pilot version of the original information tool.