KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEM FOR SOIL IMPROVEMENT

A prototype knowledge-based decision support system, Improve, designed to help geotechnical engineers select soil improvement techniques is described. The window form of knowledge representation incorporates the knowledge and its uncertainty in a unique entity. This structure facilitates the use of different evaluation functions, the development of composite solutions, the search for lacunae, and the case-based representation and accumulation of knowledge. The paper describes classification systems using windows, gives details of Improve, and makes comments on common practice and technical constraints.

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • CHAMEAU, J L
  • Santamarina, J C
• Publication Date: 1989-7

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 253-267
• Serial:
  • Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0887-3801

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Classification; Evaluation; Expert systems; Improvements; Software; Soils
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00486429
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1989 12:00AM