EXPERT SYSTEM FOR HAZARD AND RISK ASSESSMENT ON LOW-VOLUME HILL ROADS IN NEPAL

An expert system that is at the stage of a developmental prototype is described with an emphasis on how it increases the applicability and reliability of hazard and risk assessment on low-volume hill roads in Nepal. The informal and ill-structured knowledge used for hazard and risk assessment is shown to be organized and standardized using a knowledge-based expert system. The use of site- and failure-specific diagnostic procedures is shown to be a significant improvement over current methods of hazard and risk assessment that make use of aggregate weights only. A sample user consultation demonstrates the operation of the expert system.

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  • This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1291, Fifth International Conference on Low-Volume Roads, May 19-23, 1991, Raleigh, North Carolina, Volume 2. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Authors:
  • Thapa, Bhaskar
  • Deoja, Birendra B
  • Dhital, Megh R
• Conference:
  • International Conference on Low-Volume Roads, 5th, 1991, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
• Publication Date: 1991

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 212-216
• Monograph Title: Fifth International Conference on Low-Volume Roads May 19-23 1991, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; volumes 1 and 2
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1291
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Expert systems; Hazards; Hills; Low volume roads; Prototypes; Risk assessment
• Geographic Terms: Nepal
• Old TRIS Terms: Hilly terrain
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I42: Soil Mechanics; I43: Rock Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00611802
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 030905715
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 31 1991 12:00AM