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REPCON: Expert system for building repairs
- Source :
- IndraStra Global.
- Publication Year :
- 1990
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Abstract
- Buildings, whether adequately designed or not, develop a variety of problems over the years. The choice of an appropriate repair method requires systematic observations of the symptoms and relating them to their probable cause. Building repairs, in general, demand a high level of expertise. This paper outlines the development of REPCON?an expert system for building repairs. Evolution of elaborate knowledge nets pertaining to various building defects, using knowledge elicited from the domain expert, is discussed. These nets are then transformed into rule bases. The expert system?s metaknowledge base is used in a unique way to guide the user in the diagnostic process by means of checklists called ?proformae.? Externally activated graphics programs have been used to help the users to identify crack patterns. REPCON is intended to assist building-repair consultants and township-maintenance engineers in their day-to-day tasks. ? ASCE.
- Subjects :
- Engineering
Process (engineering)
business.industry
Computer Graphics
Expert Systems--Knowledge Bases
Municipal Engineering--Computer Applications
Building Repairs
Crack Pattern Identification
Expert System REPCON
Metaknowledge Bases
Proformae Checklists
Rule Bases
Buildings
Metaknowledge
Legal expert system
Building design
computer.software_genre
Expert system
Computer Science Applications
Knowledge-based systems
Subject-matter expert
Knowledge base
Systems engineering
business
Software engineering
computer
Civil and Structural Engineering
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23813652
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- IndraStra Global
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1ca52f3e9bbd97afee8e13c44da96a85
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3801(1990)4:2(84)