Expert systems in materials science and engineering

Since 1982 the US National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) and the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have collaborated under the NACE-NIST Corrosion Data Program to develop data resources of interest to the materials science and engineering communities. These resources have included expert systems, which have focused primarily on materials selection and usage applications in industry. A brief history of the program is presented, the expert systems developed therein are presented, and development methodologies are described. Particular emphasis is placed on the participation of the chemical process, oil and gas and electric power industries in the NACE-NIST Corrosion Data Program