Download or read book Knowledge Acquisition in Civil Engineering written by Tomasz Arciszewski and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive view of knowledge acquisition in civil engineering, reflecting both recent theoretical developments in computer science as well as the practical experience gained by civil engineers building expert systems in the past few years. Includes a ten-page annotated bibliography. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Download or read book Knowledge Acquisition for an Expert System in the Air Force Civil Engineering Operations Branch written by Randy D. Eide (CAPT, USAF.) and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Knowledge Acquisition for Expert Systems in Construction written by E. G. Trimole and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Expert Systems in Construction and Structural Engineering written by H. Adeli and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expert Systems in Construction and Structural Engineering is a valuable reference both for researchers interested in the state-of-the-art of civil engineering expert systems, and practitioners interested in exploring the practical applications of this new technology.
Download or read book Knowledge Acquisition for an Expert System in the Air Force Civil Engineering Operations Branch written by Randy D. Eide and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expert systems are being developed in several industries throughout the world. The key element in these systems is gathering the knowledge. The purpose of this study was to establish procedures for gathering this knowledge in Air Force Civil Engineering. As a test of the procedures, an expert system was created to solve two common semistructured decisions in civil engineering operations. These two decisions involved approving or disapproving a work request, and then determining the appropriate method of accomplishing approved work. The primary emphasis of the study was on developing and exercising a specific methodology for extracting the knowledge. Several journals and periodicals were reviewed to determine what makes up an expert system and how a knowledge base is developed. The methodology of knowledge acquisition involved five general steps. The steps included knowledge familiarization, expert selection, interviewing, knowledge representation, and finally automation. Each step is clearly defined in this thesis. The knowledge base was automated using the expert shell VP-Expert by Paperback Software. The knowledge acquisition steps used in this research and the automated knowledge base are launching platforms for future research involving expert systems in Air Force Civil Engineering. Recommendations for further research are provided within this thesis. Theses. (fr).
Download or read book Harvesting and Managing Knowledge in Construction written by Yacine Rezgui and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-02-23 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A successful construction business is a knowledge business. And knowledge must be managed effectively to be used efficiently, especially in a complex project-oriented business such as construction, where skills acquired and lessons learned on one project need to be applied to the next. A holistic approach to knowledge management (KM) is taken in this book to incorporate all of the relevant themes, tackling technological, socio-cultural and organizational issues, with the creation of value as a focus throughout. Information is drawn from a broad range of sources to explain core theories and provide guidance on practical application. Topics covered include: changing business relationships in a knowledge economy knowledge creation processes and theories data, text and knowledge mining techniques the learning construction organization future technology for knowledge management. Written by the authors of the first EU-funded KM research project in the field of construction, this textbook is uniquely well-researched, and is the perfect introduction to KM for students across the built environment. It is also a crucial guide to the topic for practitioners.
Download or read book Knowledge Acquisition for Expert Systems in Construction written by E. G. Trimble and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The items covered are: Work funded by the Alvey directorate; Work funded by SERC; MATSEL program; Machine assisted knowledge acquisition; Plans for the completion of the project.
Download or read book Expert Systems for Civil Engineers written by Satish Mohan and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Knowledge Acquisition Uncertainities and Verification and Validation of Expert Systems written by Eduardo Albano Ferreira Martins and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Knowledge Acquisition in Conceptual Project Scheduling written by Erik Gustaf Eino Swenson and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Expert Systems for Civil Engineers written by Iris D. Tommelein and published by ASCE Publications. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph on integrated computer systems is one in a series of monographs published by the Expert Systems on Artificial Intelligence Committee of the ASCE Technical Council on Computer Practices. The purpose of the monograph series is to address issues in the use of expert system technology in civil engineering problem solving. Many of the publications and tools available to implement expert systems are generalized environments. The application of these environments is best achieved with an understanding of how others have succeeded or failed in using them to solve problems in the civil engineering domain. ,EM>Expert Systems for Civil Engineers: Integration Issues, broadens the scope of the monograph series from a focus on expert systems to a more general use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques. The scope is also broadened by considering integration of computer programs more generally, rather than only on combining expert systems with other packages. The reason for expanding the scope of the series is to consider the role of AI in civil engineering computer environments rather than being limited to the implementation of expert systems. This follows a general trend in research and practice, to find the right tool for the problem being addressed, rather than to a priori assume an expert system approach. This report specifically describes the technical and pragmatic issues in developing integrated or distributed computer systems in which AI techniques are used and how these issues were resolved in civil engineering research and practice.
Download or read book Intelligent Structures written by K.P. Chong and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2003-10-04 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Intelligent Structures, Taipei, Taiwan, 23-26 July 1990.
Download or read book Expert Systems written by Cornelius T. Leondes and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2001-09-26 with total page 2125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This six-volume set presents cutting-edge advances and applications of expert systems. Because expert systems combine the expertise of engineers, computer scientists, and computer programmers, each group will benefit from buying this important reference work. An "expert system" is a knowledge-based computer system that emulates the decision-making ability of a human expert. The primary role of the expert system is to perform appropriate functions under the close supervision of the human, whose work is supported by that expert system. In the reverse, this same expert system can monitor and double check the human in the performance of a task. Human-computer interaction in our highly complex world requires the development of a wide array of expert systems. Expert systems techniques and applications are presented for a diverse array of topics including Experimental design and decision support The integration of machine learning with knowledge acquisition for the design of expert systems Process planning in design and manufacturing systems and process control applications Knowledge discovery in large-scale knowledge bases Robotic systems Geograhphic information systems Image analysis, recognition and interpretation Cellular automata methods for pattern recognition Real-time fault tolerant control systems CAD-based vision systems in pattern matching processes Financial systems Agricultural applications Medical diagnosis
Download or read book Practical Knowledge Based Systems in Conceptual Design written by John C. Miles and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conceptual Design is one of the few areas of Engineering Design where computers have yet to make an impact. With the development of Knowledge Based Systems it is now possible to rectify this situation. This publication deals with the use of Knowledge Based Systems (KBS) as tools for conceptual design. Included are neglected aspects such as evaluation and user needs. Practical Knowledge Based Systems in Conceptual Design is based on the authors' experience of developing KBS for use in civil engineering, an area of industrial application which is recognised as being one of great potential. The methodology has been tried and tested by designers. Examples of systems which have been developed to solve specific design problems are included.
Download or read book Civil Engineering Learning Technology written by Robert Mitchell Lloyd and published by Thomas Telford. This book was released on 1999 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of civil engineering offers specific challenges to the higher education sector. Civil engineerings blend of management design and analysis requires people with a combination of academic and experimental knowledge and skill-based abilities.This volume brings together papers by leading practitioners in the field of learning technology, within the discipline of civil engineering, to facilitate the sharing of experience, knowledge and expertise.
Download or read book Intelligent Systems for Engineering written by Ram D. Sriram and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 843 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When men of knowledge impart this knowledge, I do not mean they will convince your reason. I mean they will awaken in you the faith that it is so. - Sri Krishna, Bhagavadgita BACKGROUND The use of computers has led to significant productivity increases in the en gineering industry. Most ofthe computer-aided engineering applications were . restricted to algorithmic computations, such as finite element programs and circuit analysis programs. However, a number ofproblems encountered in en gineering are not amenable to purely algorithmic solutions. These problems are often ill-structured; the term ill-structured problems is used here to de note problems that do not have a clearly defined algorithmic solution. An experienced engineer deals with these ill-structured problems using his/her judgment and experience. The knowledge-based systems (KBS) technology, which emerged out of research in artificial intelligence (AI), offers a method ologyto solve these ill-structuredengineering problems. The emergenceofthe KBS technology can be viewed as the knowledge revolution: other important events that led to increased productivity are the industrial revolution (17th century); the invention of the transistor and associated developments (first half of the 20th century); and the world-wide web (towards the end of the 20th century). Kurzweil, in a lecture at M. LT on December 3, 1987, linked the progress of automation to two industrial revolutions: the first industrial PREFACE xxxii revolution leveraged our physical capabilities, whereas the second industrial revolution - the knowledge revolution - is expected leverage oUr mental ca pabilities.
Download or read book Computing in Civil Engineering written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
