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As a certified CMM-3 compliant software development company (one of fewer than 300 American organizations to merit this distinction), ASI has the methods and processes in place to produce the highest-quality software available – consistently and cost-effectively.
Our groundbreaking technology approach is based on ASI’s PreAct Software. PreAct is used for developing intelligent software systems, known as Associates. These are arguably the most advanced real-time decision-aiding tools ever developed.
PreAct enables organizations to capture and harness the knowledge of their key experts as "Integrated IntelligenceTM" which resides in structured knowledge bases. This knowledge, plus the PreAct cognitive engine compose an Associate System. Using an Associate, even people with limited expertise can quickly deliver superior performance in extremely complex environments.
Superior on All Counts
Associate Systems built with PreAct provide vast improvements over traditional artificial intelligence (AI) technology and conventional software. The results are notable in three critical areas:
- Superior performance – ASI solutions are scalable and include wide-ranging capabilities. They enable people to accomplish complex tasks in a fraction of the time normally required. Associate functions include monitoring, dynamic planning, self-directed actions, and more.
- Extremely rapid development times – Decision support functionality can be developed 5-10 times faster with PreAct than with traditional software.
- Low total cost of ownership – ASI solutions require 90% fewer lines of code than conventional software. Built-in flexibility allows Associate Systems to be modified to meet your changing needs. The bottom line is a product that yields exceptional value.
ASI’s Solutions Bring Exceptional Benefits To Problem Situations
PreAct-based Associate System solutions add tremendous value to an organization when:
- Expert performance is much better than average performance. In these situations, the best solutions to solve an organization’s performance problems are ones that leverage experts’ knowledge. This is the processing strength that PreAct Software delivers.
- Less-than-expert performance hurts the organization. If an organization has a shortage of experts or there’s an occasional shortage in expert judgment, a PreAct-based solution can reduce the pain.
Conventional Software Compared with Solutions Based on ASI’s PreAct®:
| Characteristic |
Conventional Software |
PreAct -based Associate |
| Behavior Production |
Linear code |
Knowledge |
| Range of Behavior |
Narrow and brittle |
Often very large and very adaptive |
| Interactive |
Data and commands |
Data and commands + knowledge |
| Ease of Creation |
Lengthy and expensive |
Rapid and incremental |
| Footprint |
Often large |
Small |
| Ease of Modification |
Re-program |
Knowledge change |
| Communication |
Rigid protocols |
Flexible protocols |
| Cost of Ownership |
Moderate to large |
Small |
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