Suen / Shinghal Operational Expert System Applications in Canada

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4832-9570-1
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Web PDF

This book is part of a new series on operational expert systems worldwide. Expert systems are now widely used in different parts of the world for various applications. The past four years have witnessed a steady growth in the development and deployment of expert systems in Canada. Research in this field has also gained considerable momentum during the past few years. However, the field of expert systems is still young in Canada. This book contains 13 chapters contributed by 31 experts from both universities and industries across Canada covering a wide range of applications related to electric power and circuit boards, health and medicine, the legal field, transportation and decision making.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Suen, Ching Y.

Shinghal, Rajjan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Operational Expert System Applications in Canada;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;Preface;8
6;Chapter 1. Diagnostic and Administrative Expert Systems at Bell Canada Network Services;10
6.1;GENERAL BACKGROUND;10
6.2;BELL NETWORK SERVICES PROJECT;11
6.3;DEVELOPMENT PROCESS;12
6.4;IMPLEMENTATION;16
6.5;CONCLUSION;20
6.6;ACKNOWLEDGMENT;20
7;Chapter 2. A Knowledge-Based System for Configuration of Local Area Networks;21
7.1;INTRODUCTION;21
7.2;SYSTEM FUNCTIONALITY;22
7.3;SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE;24
7.4;MAINTENANCE TOOLS;26
7.5;IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY;27
7.6;DEPLOYMENT ISSUES;28
7.7;BENEFIT ANALYSIS;29
7.8;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;30
7.9;BIBLIOGRAPHY;30
8;Chapter 3. The TRANSEPT Family of Expert Systems for the Preliminary Design of Power Networks;31
8.1;USER EVALUATION OF AN EXPERT SYSTEM;32
8.2;INTEGRATED EXPERT SYSTEMS;34
8.3;POWER TRANSMISSION CAPABILITY AS A FUNCTION OF VOLTAGE AND DISTANCE;39
8.4;CONCLUSIONS;40
8.5;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;40
8.6;REFERENCES;40
9;Chapter 4. Knowledge-Based and Object-Oriented Approaches to Process Planning at Northern Telecom;41
9.1;PREVIOUS WORK DEVELOPED IN PROCESS PLANNING SYSTEMS;41
9.2;MANUFACTURING PROCESSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRODUCTION OF PCBs;42
9.3;ARCHITECTURE OF CPMAPS II;45
9.4;CPMAPS II PLANNING MODULES;45
9.5;CONCLUSIONS;52
9.6;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;52
9.7;REFERENCES;53
10;Chapter 5. Health Expert Goes On-line;54
10.1;INTRODUCTION;54
10.2;CANCER, ME??;55
10.3;IMPLEMENTATION;57
10.4;RESULTS;62
10.5;CONCLUSIONS;63
10.6;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;64
10.7;REFERENCES;64
11;Chapter 6. The Nervous Shock Advisor: A Legal Expert System in Case-Based Law;65
11.1;DEVELOPMENT PROCESS;65
11.2;IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS;73
11.3;REFERENCES;75
11.4;APPENDIX: SAMPLE CONSULTATION;75
12;Chapter 7. Expert System for Proposed Corporate Name Verification;81
12.1;DEACON DEVELOPMENT;81
12.2;KNOWLEDGE BASE STRUCTURE AND CONTROL;84
12.3;TESTING AND IMPLEMENTATION;84
12.4;DEACON'S PERFORMANCE;85
12.5;REFERENCES;86
12.6;APPENDIX: CONSULTING DEACON;86
13;Chapter 8. HIDES: The Highway Intersection Design Expert System;89
13.1;OBJECTIVES OF THE HIDES PROJECT;89
13.2;PROJECT CONSTRAINTS;90
13.3;DEVELOPMENT PROCESS;90
13.4;IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS;98
13.5;A SAMPLE SESSION;99
13.6;SUMMARY;107
13.7;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;107
13.8;REFERENCES;107
13.9;NOTES;107
14;Chapter 9. A Mix of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering;109
14.1;SELECTION OF A PROBLEM TO SOLVE;109
14.2;DESCRIPTION OF PROBLEM DOMAIN;110
14.3;FORMATION OF A DEVELOPMENT TEAM;112
14.4;SKETCH OF A PROBLEM SOLUTION;112
14.5;REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS;113
14.6;KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;114
14.7;SOFTWARE DESIGN—INCLUDING KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION;117
14.8;IMPLEMENTATION;119
14.9;VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION;120
14.10;VARMINT'S FUTURE;121
14.11;SUMMARY OF IDEAS FOR EXPERT SYSTEMS DEVELOPERS;121
14.12;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;122
14.13;REFERENCES;122
15;Chapter 10. AMETHYST: A Multi-Expert Resource System for Public Sector Compensation and Benefits Personnel;123
15.1;INTRODUCTION;123
15.2;DEVELOPMENT PROCESS;125
15.3;IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS;132
15.4;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;134
15.5;REFERENCES;134
15.6;NOTES;134
15.7;APPENDIX: SAMPLE SESSION WITH THE AMETHYST EXPERT SYSTEM;135
16;Chapter 11. STATEX: An Expert Assistant For Statistical Analysis;141
16.1;INTRODUCTION;141
16.2;DEVELOPMENT PROCESS;141
16.3;IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS;155
16.4;REFERENCES;156
16.5;APPENDIX: SAMPLE SESSION;156
17;Chapter 12. Model-Based Automotive Diagnosis Using the Echidna Constraint Reasoning System;163
17.1;OVERVIEW OF THE ENGINE DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM;164
17.2;ECHIDNA CONSTRAINT REASONING SYSTEM;166
17.3;THE ENGINE MODEL;169
17.4;REVIEW OF PREVIOUS WORK;174
17.5;CONCLUSION;176
17.6;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;177
17.7;REFERENCES;177
17.8;NOTES;178
18;Chapter 13. Fuzzy Logic-Based Expert Systems for Operations Management;179
18.1;DEVELOPMENT;179
18.2;AAR;182
18.3;IMPLEMENTATION;185
18.4;CONCLUSIONS;188
18.5;REFERENCES;189
18.6;APPENDIX: MENU OF USING THE MODIFIED FLAR SYSTEMS;190
19;Author Index;193