Applying case-based reasoning technique to retaining wall selection

Automation in Construction

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 271-283

  Yau, Nie Jia ^a   Yang, Jyh Bin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Case based reasoning; Construction engineering; Construction method selection; Retaining wall system

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CASE BASED REASONING (CBR); CASE BASED RETAINING WALL SELECTION SYSTEM (CASTLES);

RETAINING WALLS;

EID: 0032073403     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-5805(97)00072-1     Document Type: Article

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