A knowledge-based expert system for managing underground coal mines

Author

Grayson, R. Lary ; Dean, James ; Yuan, Shiquan ; Reddy, N.P. ; Watts, C. Michael ; Singh, H. ; Nutter, Roy S., Jr.

Author_Institution

West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

1-5 Oct. 1989

Firstpage

1544

Abstract

The authors describe the Mine Management Support System, a knowledge-based expert system being developed for better management of underground coal mines. The program will encompass information and preferred rules on work scheduling, work practices, regulations impinging on the accomplishment of work, responses to operating problems, and the labor-management work agreement. Different components of the mine system, modeled using an object-oriented layering technique, will be displayed graphically to aid in coordinating work plans and to present locations of equipment, supplies, and proposed subsystem components.<>

Keywords

coal; expert systems; management; mining; Mine Management Support System; knowledge-based expert system; labor-management work agreement; object-oriented layering technique; operating problems; regulations; underground coal mines; work practices; work scheduling; Automation; Availability; Bills of materials; Costs; Energy management; Environmental management; Expert systems; Job shop scheduling; Knowledge management; Mining industry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 1989., Conference Record of the 1989 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.1989.96848

Filename

96848