1. Expert System for Coal Blending
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Nakata, E., Fujimoto, H., and Terazono, K.
- Abstract
The application of an expert system to plan coal blending for coke production is described. The object of this coal blending plan is to produce coke of stable quality at low cost while maintaining the optimum use of the coal yard. The monthly coal blending planning work previously depended on an experienced operator's expertise, and the expert system approach has helped to reduce planning time and has standardized the planning method. The effectiveness of the expert system in comparison with linear programming was confirmed by the following advantages:1.Every fact that was difficult to express by a fixed formula could be expressed as a rule.2.Calculation time was shortened.3.Every solution could be derived by limiting its searching scope.
- Published
- 1992
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