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Interfacing Data Bases With Expert Systems: A Retaining Wall Management Application
Author(s) -
CHAHINE JACQUES R.,
JANSON BRUCE N.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
computer‐aided civil and infrastructure engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.773
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1467-8667
pISSN - 1093-9687
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8667.1987.tb00241.x
Subject(s) - interfacing , interface (matter) , knowledge base , computer science , flexibility (engineering) , base (topology) , expert system , relational database , database , data management , user interface , management system , identification (biology) , software engineering , systems engineering , engineering , operating system , world wide web , artificial intelligence , operations management , mathematical analysis , statistics , botany , mathematics , bubble , maximum bubble pressure method , computer hardware , biology
This paper presents the development of an interface between an expert system and a data base management system. The flexibility provided by such interface is shown to be very useful for civil engineering applications. An example application is developed in this paper that applies this interface to the management of retaining walls. The different relational data bases store most of the required information. The inventory data base stores identification information, the inspection data base stores historical condition data gathered by inspections, and the replacement data base stores information needed to perform a replacement cost analysis for a retaining wall. The expert system, on the other hand, is used to diagnose the possible reasons for the failure of a retaining wall. The development of the data base management system, the expert system, and the interface between them is discussed, along with the restrictions imposed by the software chosen for this example application.