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A package of macros, MATRIX, is described for use with the database functions of a spreadsheet to enable domain experts to build knowledge bases for expert systems. The MATRIX macros can be used as domain-oriented knowledge acquisition tools that are specialized in coding knowledge about diagnosis of faults in analytical instrument based on case histories. These knowledge acquisition tools do not...