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Teaching the principles of mine fire using computer‐aided instruction
Author(s) -
Wala Andrzej M.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
computer applications in engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.478
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1099-0542
pISSN - 1061-3773
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0542(1997)5:4<249::aid-cae4>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - computer science , interrogation , process (computing) , animation , fire safety , heuristic , computer graphics , computer animation , graphics , ventilation (architecture) , simulation , artificial intelligence , civil engineering , computer graphics (images) , engineering , programming language , mechanical engineering , archaeology , history
The purpose of this article is to describe a feasibility prototype of a computer‐aided instruction (CAI) system, developed for mining engineering students and mine and safety personnel to teach the complex interrelationships between a mine ventilation system and a mine fire. The system employs an artificial intelligence technique to increase students' involvement in the learning process of interrogation and confrontation. To deepen understanding of the problem, the author combined heuristic as well as algorithmic methods to simulate, diagnose, and explain certain fire situations. The CAI system extensively uses a mine fire simulator that enables real‐time graphics animation of almost all the changes occurring in the ventilation network while under the influence of fire. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 5: 249–255, 1997