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M. Moula, D.G. Toll, "Representing Geotechnical Knowledge: Soils and Field Tests", in B.H.V. Topping, (Editor), "Knowledge Based Systems for Civil & Structural Engineering", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 171-182, 1993. doi:10.4203/ccp.17.7.3

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A knowledge-based system has been developed to provide assistance in the selection of appropriate geotechnical in-situ tests. It has been implemented using PDC Prolog on a Personal Computer. The system makes use of two knowledge bases: A Ground Knowledge Base containing knowledge concerning the ground (at the level of detail required by the system) and a Tests Knowledge Base containing information about the tests themselves. The identification, collection and representation of the domain knowledge is discussed. A hierarchical knowledge representation scheme has been developed which can represent both the ground and the test information. In order to access this knowledge, an extended inference mechanism (over that provided by PDC Prolog) has been implemented. This consists of domain independent rules which provide inheritance and transitivity inferences as well as information retrieval.

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Front Page Browse CCP CSETS CTR IJRT Other Authors Search Purchase Guide FAQ Contact us	Civil-Comp Proceedings ISSN 1759-3433 CCP: 17 KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS FOR CIVIL & STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING Edited by: B.H.V. Topping Paper VII.3 Representing Geotechnical Knowledge: Soils and Field Tests M. Moula and D.G. Toll Geotechnical Systems Group, School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Durham, Durham, England doi:10.4203/ccp.17.7.3 purchase the full-text of this paper Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper M. Moula, D.G. Toll, "Representing Geotechnical Knowledge: Soils and Field Tests", in B.H.V. Topping, (Editor), "Knowledge Based Systems for Civil & Structural Engineering", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 171-182, 1993. doi:10.4203/ccp.17.7.3 Abstract A knowledge-based system has been developed to provide assistance in the selection of appropriate geotechnical in-situ tests. It has been implemented using PDC Prolog on a Personal Computer. The system makes use of two knowledge bases: A Ground Knowledge Base containing knowledge concerning the ground (at the level of detail required by the system) and a Tests Knowledge Base containing information about the tests themselves. The identification, collection and representation of the domain knowledge is discussed. A hierarchical knowledge representation scheme has been developed which can represent both the ground and the test information. In order to access this knowledge, an extended inference mechanism (over that provided by PDC Prolog) has been implemented. This consists of domain independent rules which provide inheritance and transitivity inferences as well as information retrieval. purchase the full-text of this paper (price £20) go to the previous paper go to the next paper return to the table of contents return to the book description purchase this book (price £60 +P&P)
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