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Preliminaries
1	PROFESSIONAL ISSUES
1.1	Expert Systems and Engineering Management C. Mitchell	1
1.2	Knowledge based Systems: Potential in Design and Management S. Rowlinson	21
1.3	The Potential of Object Oriented Programming for the Development of Expert Systems in the Construction Industry M. Alshawi	27
2	KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION AND REASONING
2.1	Meta-Knowledge Reasoning in Civil Engineering Expert Systems A. Oki and D. Lloyd Smith	33
2.2	A PROLOG based Object Oriented Engineering DBMS A.S. Watson and S.H. Chan	37
2.3	A Generalized Knowledge Base R. Zhang, M. Gu and X. Lui	49
3	CONSTRUCTION PLANNING
3.1	Knowledge-Based Regulation Processing for Site Development D.T. Shaw	57
3.2	A KEE Approach to Site Layout Problems A. Hamiani	65
3.3	A Knowledge based System Approach to Determine Durations of Site Activities K. Kahkonen	71
4	CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
4.1	Expert Systems for Briefing in the Construction Industry J. Hudson, J.P. Murray, R.N. Gameson and B. Toft	77
4.2	A Knowledge based System for Recognition of Work Required for Construction A. Sirajuddin and M.J. Mawdesley	83
4.3	A Micro-Computer Application for Managing Construction Productivity K.D. Lemon and J. Christian	93
4.4	A Fuzzy Expert System for Priority Ranking in Network Resource Allocation T.C. Chang and C.W. Ibbs	101
4.5	An Expert System to Assist in Generating and Scheduling Construction Activities M. Alshawi and D. Jagger	109
4.6	A Knowledge based Approach to Support the Generation of Construction Schedules D. Echeverry, C.W. Ibbs and S. Kim	115
4.7	A Conceptual Model for Claim Management in Construction: an AI Approach N. Riad, D. Arditi and J. Mohammadi	123
5	BUILDING DESIGN
5.1	SOLAREXPERT - An Expert System for Evaluating Passive Solar Energy Designs M.A. Rosenman and J.S. Gero	131
6	STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
6.1	Adaptive Connections of Multitype Structural Descriptors in a TLS for Structural Analysis R. Fruchter and J. Gluck	141
6.2	An Object Oriented Approach to Structural Analysis and Design G.R. Miller	149
6.3	A Model for Parallel Training and Learning in Dynamic Structural Response Analysis R. Fruchter and J. Gluck	157
7	STRUCTURAL DESIGN
7.1	A Prolog-Based Representation of Standards for Structural Design B. Kumar and B.H.V. Topping	165
7.2	An Expert System for the Conceptual Design of Bridges J.C. Miles and C.J. Moore	171
7.3	Structural Design using Intelligent Objects P.N. Payne	177
7.4	An Expert System for the Preliminary Design of Timber Roofs D.R. Thompson, T. Tomski, S.W. Ellacott and P. Kuczora	187
7.5	The Design of Steel Offshore Structures using an Expert System C.K. Soh and J.C. Miles	197
7.6	A Knowledge-based Expert System for the Design of Reinforced Concrete Halls N.A.B. Yehia, A.A.L. Sabbeh and A.M. Mosallam	201
7.7	Knowledge-Based Expert System for Damage Assessment based on Fuzzy Reasoning N. Shiraishi, H. Furuta, M. Umano and K. Kawakami	211
7.8	An Experimental Expert System for the Design of Column Base Plates T.J. McCarthy and Z. Houas	217
7.9	An Expert System for Offshore Structure Inspection and Maintenance A. Langdon, K. Ahmad and P.A. Frieze	221
8	EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
8.1	QUAKE: an Expert System for the Selection of Design Earthquake Accelerogram K.B. Dussom, T. Hadj-Hamou and R.M. Bakeer	233
8.2	A Knowledge-based Assistant for Earthquake Resistant Design H. Adeli and S.L. Hung	241
9	GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
9.1	An Expert System for Landslide Hazard and Risk Assessment A.P. Wislocki and S.P. Bentley	249
9.2	Knowledge-Based System: Advisor on the Selection of Earth Retaining Structures J. Oliphant and D.I. Blockley	253
9.3	Development of a PROLOG based Expert System for Groundwater Control I.E.G. Davey-Wilson	263
10	ROBOTICS AND CIVIL ENGINEERING
10.1	The Development of a Real Time Expert System for Excavation D.A. Bradley and D.W. Steward	269
11	EDUCATION AND EXPERT SYSTEMS
11.1	The Educational Value for Expert Systems S. Alkass and F.C. Harris	275
11.2	The Application of Artificial Intelligence to Civil and Structural Engineering - A Bibliography B.H.V. Topping and B. Kumar	285

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