VIDES: an expert system for visually identifying microfossils

Author

Swaby, Peter Alan

Author_Institution

Elf UK, London, UK

Volume

7

Issue

2

fYear

1992

fDate

4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

36

Lastpage

42

Abstract

The design of a visual identification expert system (VIDES) that uses a visual approach to help identify microfossils down to the species level is discussed. VIDES combines a graphical expert-system shell with a set of knowledge bases to help identify microfossils, reducing the time and cost associated with petroleum exploration. VIDES´s initial knowledge-acquisition procedure, automated knowledge acquisition, textual and visual knowledge representation, automatic knowledge-base generation, inference mechanism and graphical interface are described.<>

Keywords

computer graphics; expert systems; geophysical prospecting; geophysics computing; knowledge acquisition; knowledge representation; VIDES; automated knowledge acquisition; automatic knowledge-base generation; graphical expert-system shell; graphical interface; inference mechanism; knowledge bases; knowledge-acquisition procedure; microfossils; petroleum exploration; species level; visual approach; visual identification expert system; visual knowledge representation; Blades; Costs; Expert systems; Image processing; Knowledge acquisition; Knowledge engineering; Large-scale systems; Petroleum; Sun; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

IEEE Expert

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-9000

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/64.129281

Filename

129281