Title :
Applications of object-oriented approaches to expert systems in the earth sciences
Author :
Duff, Beth L. ; Carlson, Christopher K.
Author_Institution :
US Dept. of Interior, Reston, VA, USA
fDate :
30 Sep-2 Oct 1991
Abstract :
Combining object and rule processing in knowledge-based systems provides a firm foundation for addressing more complex problems, such as planning, scheduling, resource allocation, and configuration. The features of object-oriented analysis, design, and knowledge representation advantageous to current expert system applications are abstraction, encapsulation, and hierarchy. Examples of object-oriented expert systems in the earth sciences at the US Geological Survey are a knowledge-based geographic information system (GIS), an integrated GIS and expert system, an enhanced digital line graph (DLG-E) extraction advisor, and a sedimentary basin analysis system
Keywords :
expert systems; geographic information systems; geology; knowledge representation; object-oriented databases; resource allocation; abstraction; analysis; configuration; design; earth sciences; encapsulation; enhanced digital line graph; extraction advisor; hierarchy; knowledge representation; knowledge-based geographic information system; object-oriented expert systems; planning; resource allocation; rule processing; scheduling; sedimentary basin analysis system; Data mining; Encapsulation; Expert systems; Geographic Information Systems; Geology; Geoscience; Knowledge based systems; Knowledge representation; Process planning; Resource management;
Conference_Titel :
Developing and Managing Expert System Programs, 1991., Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2250-4
DOI :
10.1109/DMESP.1991.171733
