Expert System for Fabrication Error Solutions: Methodology Used in theDevelopment of the Bridge Fabrication Error Solution Expert System. Bridge Fabrication Error Solution Expert System. A Machine Learning Approach

摘要

The object of this research was to develop and evaluate a computer program(expert system) to assist design engineers, fabricators and field inspectors in determining the extent of damage due to bridge steel fabrication errors and to specify the necessary repair solution. A printout with the situation entered and solution is provided for documentation. If the case situation is beyound the knowledge base, the program will give a 'No solution' response instead of an incorrect solution. An effort to augment and enhance the knowledge base of the system using Machine Learning was investigated. Automatically generated knowledge bases comparable to the manually crafted knowledge bases were created. This report discusses the purpose, advantages and short comings of inductive learning, and the steps of this investigation.