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An expert system for wide area network component configuration
Author(s) -
Fillmer J.L.,
Mellichamp Joseph M.,
Miller David M.,
Narayanan Sundaram
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
expert systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1468-0394
pISSN - 0266-4720
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0394.1992.tb00380.x
Subject(s) - computer science , component (thermodynamics) , network planning and design , task (project management) , telecommunications network , network management station , network management , expert system , network architecture , distributed computing , computer network , systems engineering , artificial intelligence , physics , engineering , thermodynamics
Many organizations today have an interest in communications networks, either as users of public networks or as operators of their own private networks. Thus, the management of communications networks has become an important issue in the communications industry. The network design task is fundamental to the whole notion of network management; however, with the rapid rate of change in network technology and the emergence of highly sophisticated network users, network design has become an increasingly complex problem. The purpose of this paper is to describe a development effort which incorporates expert systems techniques to treat one aspect of the network design problem—the initial planning and design of a network prior to implementation. The research effort was concerned with developing an expert system for Amdahl Communications Products which could be used by sales engineers in designing wide area networks to meet specified customer requirements. The system treats both the topological design problem and the component configuration problem.