An intelligent approach to inspection qualification

NDT and E International

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-105

  McNab, D ^a   McNab, A ^a   Robinson, R ^a   Toft, Michael W ^b   McDonald, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b SELLAFIELD LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c Ctr for Elec Power Eng (CEPE)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inspection qualification; Ray tracing and modelling; Technical justification

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FORMAL LOGIC; INSPECTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; SEARCH ENGINES;

INSPECTION QUALIFICATION (IQ); RAY TRACING AND MODELING; SMART SOFTWARE; TECHNICAL JUSTIFICATION (TJ);

INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

EID: 10044277261     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2004.06.010     Document Type: Article

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