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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Expert System Shell"”.
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The development of an expert system shell with a mixed knowledge representation, explicit control of reasoning and a truth maintenance system
… concentrates on several important issues in expert system research, namely - representation of knowledge - control of reasoning - implementation of non-monotonic logics via truth maintenance systems. There are three parts to this thesis. PART1 covers the background research in the above …
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GeoExpert - An Expert System Based Framework for Data Quality in Spatial Databases
… In this thesis we proposed a framework 'GeoExpert' for data quality assessment and cleansing tool for spatial data that integrates the spatial data visualization and analysis capabilities of the ARCGIS, the reason and inference capability of an expert system. In this thesis we implemented …
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An expert system utility prototype for the evaluation of environmental impacts of civil engineering projects
… engineering projects. The idea is that this system will be used early in the planning phase of projects, to identify potential negative environmental impacts and there by iteratively modify proposals before further work on them is undertaken. The result would be a saving in time and money to …
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A prototype expert system which assigns aviation maintenance personnel to squadron billets
The technical feasibility of developing an expert system to support the assignment of squadron maintenance personnel to authorized billets is examined by building a prototype system. The rules used by an assistant maintenance officer to assign personnel are analyzed, and a database derived from the …
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An engineering constraint handling and optimization system for integrated product development
… Constraint Handling and Optimization) system for integrated product development has been developed. A unique feature of this system is that it can explicitly represent and process both the upstream and downstream requirements. These requirements are represented in the form of constraint …
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An expert selector of online public access catalogues.
… project looks at the possibility of creating an expert system which would aid with access to OPACs available on the JANET network. This system would aid access by being able to select the OPAC most suited for a search in a particular subject area. Looked at initially are the OPACs available and …
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Thesaurus-aided learning for rule-based categorization of Ocr texts
… a program which can be executed by the CLIPS expert system shell. A series of tests using domain-specific thesauri revealed that a query expansion approach to rule-based automatic text categorization using domain-dependent thesauri will not improve the categorization of OCR texts. Although …
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Expert system shells in chemistry: CHIRULE, a chiral chromatographic column selection system using similarity searching and personal construct theory
… to the target molecule. The chemistry-based expert system shell CHESS used to develop CHIRULE also includes features such as functional group recognition and automated knowledge extraction techniques based on Personal Construct Theory. The results suggest that fragment property values are a …
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A knowledge based expert system for the design of reinforced concrete beams
… is an ideal situation for the application of expert system technology. A knowledge based expert system called BEAMDES was developed for the flexure design of reinforced concrete beams in accordance with ACI 318-83 specifications. The expert system was developed using the micro-computer based …
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The Use of Expert Systems in the Land Strategy of Cardiff City Council
… decided to authorise investigation of the use of expert systems in the development of its "Land Strategy". Later, authorisation was given for the development of a prototype council house valuation system.<br/><br/>An explanation of the land Strategy itself and the development of the IT strategy …
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FORMALIZATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF GENERALIZED CONSTRAINT LANGUAGE FOR REALIZATION OF COMPUTING WITH WORDS
… GCL or to build a working GCL deduction system. In this dissertation, two main interrelated objectives are pursued: First, the syntax and semantics of GCL are formalized in a logical setting. The notion of soundness of a GCL argument is defined and Zadeh's inference rules are proven sound …
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ROPES : an expert system for condition analysis of winder ropes
… base was compiled from the experience of experts in the field in order to create an expert system to aid the engineer in his task. The EXSYS expert system shell was used to construct a rule-based program which would be run on a personal computer. The program derived in this thesis is named …
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Developments in automating the design of fibre-optic cable
… the cable.<br/><br/>The computer aided design system developed was restricted to the design of 'loose tube' fibre optic cables as this represents the main cable type manufactured by the company. Of several potential computing methods, an expert-system-shell was chosen as this presented the most …
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MODELING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF Z-NUMBER
… rooted in fuzzy logic, when coupled with an expert system, offers a general methodology for computation with fuzzy variables and a fusion of natural language propositions for this purpose. Fuzzy variables encode the semantic knowledge, and hence, the system can understand the meaning of the …
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Development of an expert system for the evaluation of reproductive performance and management of Virginia dairy farms
An expert system for dairy herd reproductive management for microcomputer was developed using an expert system shell and Turbo Pascal. A dairy extension reproductive specialist provided information for the system and empirical support was provided by research. The expert system initially examines …
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AN INTEGRATED CAD TOOL BASED ON DESIGN INTENT
… information generation. The output of the system can be used for machining and related manufacturing processes. In the system that was created, geometric design input is dimension-driven while the more qualitative configuration information is input through a graphical interface. One of the …
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SPREADER FRAMES AND PADEYES IN OFFSHORE HEAVY LIFT : DESIGN, ANALYSIS AND KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION
… experience. Development of such tools as expert and knowledge-based engineering systems has proved to be one of the avenues for which research can be pursued. This thesis contains discussions on spreader frames and padeyes: design, analysis and development of an integrated design and …
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Investigations of Colorado potato beetle [Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say)] pest management including: sampling strategies for insecticide resistance detection, development of a knowledge-based expert system and the physiology of cold tolerance
… insecticide treatment. PIES (potato insect expert system) is a knowledge-based system for Colorado potato beetle insecticide management in commercial potato fields on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. PIES was written using VP-Expert, a rule-based expert system shell, and uses Colorado potato …
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