1) Reasoning software 
Software used to interpret data and highlight key events, enabling a category manager to focus on the most relevant problems. 
Computer programs based on knowledge developed from consultation with experts on a problem, and the processing and/or formalizing of this knowledge using these programs in such a manner that the problems may be solved. ... (12 Dec 1998) ... 
(CONTROL SYSTEMS GLOSSARY) See Knowledge Based Systems (KBS).