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Does Prior Knowledge Facilitate the Development of Knowledge-based Systems? Paul Cohen, Vinay Chaudhri, Adam Pease, Robert Schrag Cohen@ chaudhri@ apease@ schrag@ U. of Massachusetts SRI International Teknowledge . IET Inc. Contact author: Paul Cohen, Department of Computer Science, Lederle GRC, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA 01003 Phone: 413 545 3638; fax: 413 545 1249 Abstract: One factor that affects the rate of knowledge base construction is the availability and reuse of prior knowledge in ontologies and domain-specific knowledge bases. This paper reports an empirical study of reuse performed in the first year of the High Performance Knowledge Bases (HPKB) initiative. The study shows that some kinds of prior knowledge help more than others, and that several factors affect how much use is made of the knowledge. Tracking number A261 Content areas: knowledge-representation, design-and-evaluation-of-ontologies Statement of sole submission: The author(s) certifies that this paper has not been accepted by and is not currently under review for another AI or AI subarea conference, nor will it be submitted for such during the AAAI-99 review period. The author also certifies that any version of this paper submitted to another non-AI conference or journal contains significant material not included in the AAAI submission, or vice versa. Does Prior Knowledge Facilitate the Development of