An expert system on design of liquid-retaining structures with blackboard architecture

Expert Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 183-191

  Chau, K W ^a   Albermani, F ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blackboard architecture; British Standards; Expert system; Liquid retaining structures; Structural design

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA PROCESSING; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT SYSTEMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STANDARDS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BLACKBOARD ARCHITECTURE; BRITISH STANDARDS; LIQUID-RETAINING STRUCTURES;

ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 5444240987     PISSN: 02664720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0394.2004.00276.x     Document Type: Article

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