Expert Systems in Structural Safety Assessment

1. Front Matter

   Pages N2-IX

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2. Introductory Part

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Structural Safety and Integrity Assessment and Use of Expert Systems at MPA Stuttgart

      • K. Kussmaul, A. Jovanovic

      Pages 3-43

   3. Structural Safety Assessment as Collective Cognitive Process

      • G. Volta

      Pages 44-49

3. Fundamentals of Expert Systems

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51

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   2. Knowledge Representation and Inference in Knowledge Based Systems (Expert Systems)

      • Piero P. Bonissone

      Pages 53-65

   3. A Rule Backward Chainer for Knowledge Based Systems (Expert Systems)

      • Piero P. Bonissone

      Pages 66-79

   4. An Industrial First Generation Kbs (Expert System): Delta/Cats

      • Piero P. Bonissone

      Pages 80-89

4. Specific Issues Relevant for Applications of Expert Systems in Structural Engineering

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91

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   2. Treatment of Uncertainty, Evidence and Belief

      1. Uncertainty in Kbs (Expert Systems)

         • Piero P. Bonissone

         Pages 93-112

      2. Evidence and Belief in Expert Systems (Dempster-Shafer: A Simplified View)

         • Piero P. Bonissone

         Pages 113-130

      3. RUM (Reasoning with Uncertainty Module) and RUMrunner (RUM’s Run Time System)

         • Piero P. Bonissone

         Pages 131-150

      4. Uncertainty Representation in Knowledge Based Systems

         • H. -J. Zimmermann, B. Werners

         Pages 151-166

   3. Decision Making

      1. Evaluation and Selection of Alternatives Considering Multiple Criteria

         • B. Werners, H. -J. Zimmermann

         Pages 167-184

5. Practical Building of Expert Systems for Structural Safety and Integrity Assessment

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185

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   2. Application of Expert Systems to Structural Engineering

      • Sergio F. Garribba

      Pages 187-207

   3. Practical Building of Expert Systems for Materials Selection and Corrosion Problems

      • Walter F. L. Bogaerts, Marc J. S. Vancoille

      Pages 208-233

6. Applications

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 235-235

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   2. Pressurized Components

      1. Developing Expert Systems for Structural Diagnostics and Reliability Assessment at J.R.C.

         • A. C. Lucia

         Pages 237-249

      2. Development of an Expert System for Leak-Before-Break Analysis

         • A. Jovanović, D. Sturm, M. Hassler

         Pages 250-269

Structural safety of industrial systems and components raises a steadily growing public, scientific and engineering interest, and causes permanent development of methods and techniques used for its assessment. In addition to the well established engineering methods, applied in the field, several new methods and tools have emerged recently. Among them, the most novel ones are probably those related to expert system applica­ tions, appearing as an important possible improvement of the current engineering practice. The issue has been addressed by the international course EXPERT SYSTEMS IN STRUCTURAL SAFETY ASSESSMENT organized by MPA Stuttgart and JRC Ispra (Stuttgart, October 2-4, 1989), and the proceedings of the course are contained in this volume of the Lecture Notes ill Engineering. The contributions (invited lectures) tackle the issues usually confronting developers and users of expert systems applied in structural engineering, i.e. in structural safety and integrity assessment. Both the book and the course are a combination of a tutorial and of presentation of the current achievements in the field. Starting from the basic elements of expert systems (knowledge based systems), the book should "guide" the reader up to the applications in various particular sub-domains.

• Expertensysteme
• Fundament
• Sicherheit
• artificial intelligence
• expert system
• knowledge
• knowledge base
• knowledge representation
• learning
• reliability
• structure
• uncertainty

• Staatliche Materialprüfungsanstalt (MPA), Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart 80, Germany

  Aleksandar S. Jovanović, Karl F. Kussmaul

• Institute for Systems Engineering JRC Ispra, Ispra (VA), Italy

  Alfredo C. Lucia

• General Electric Company, Schenectady, USA

  Piero P. Bonissone

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