Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Knowledge Analysis and Design System
     
         (KADS) A structured way of developing
        {knowledge-based systems} ({expert systems}).  KADS was
        developed as an alternative to an evolutionary approach and is
        now accepted as the European standard for knowledge based
        systems.
     
        {(http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~timm/pub/slides/kltut/index.html)}.
     
        ["Knowledge Based Systems Analysis and Design: A KADS
        Developers Handbook", Tansley and Hayball]
     
        (1998-03-12)