Expert system tool for broadband cable plant design

Author

Martinez, Ralph ; Chen, Lyu-Shi

Author_Institution

Comput. Eng. Res. Lab., Arizona Univ., Tuscon, AZ, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

16-18 Mar 1988

Firstpage

464

Lastpage

468

Abstract

A formulation of the cable plant design problem using artificial intelligence and expert system techniques is described. The knowledge of the design engineer is captured in an interactive expert system. Such an expert system has been designed and implemented to provide the network designer with a tool to design the broadband cable plant. The design includes the knowledge representation for the cable plant components and design rules. The system is coded in Turbo PROLOG and executes on an IBM PC. The functional expert system parts include a user interface, inference engine and control, design knowledge base and graphics system. A user can provide an initial problem file or modify an existing one

Keywords

CAD; IBM computers; broadband networks; expert systems; knowledge engineering; local area networks; microcomputer applications; telecommunications computing; IBM PC; Turbo PROLOG; artificial intelligence; broadband cable plant design; interactive expert system; knowledge representation; Broadband communication; Computer aided engineering; Design engineering; Engineering management; Expert systems; Knowledge engineering; Laboratories; Local area networks; Problem-solving; Radio frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers and Communications, 1988. Conference Proceedings., Seventh Annual International Phoenix Conference on

Conference_Location

Scottsdale, AZ

Print_ISBN

0-8186-0830-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PCCC.1988.10122

Filename

10122