A diagnostic expert system to overcome construction problems in rigid highway pavement
Constructing highway pavements faces complex problems, which are affected by multiple factors, where solution is nearly impossible without expert assistance. Diagnosing such construction problems and suggesting most suitable cost efficient solutions requires significant engineering expertise, which...
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| author | Ahmed Mancy Mosa Mohd Raihan Taha Amiruddin Ismail Riza Atiq O. K. Rahmat |
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| description | Constructing highway pavements faces complex problems, which are affected by multiple factors, where solution is nearly impossible without expert assistance. Diagnosing such construction problems and suggesting most suitable cost efficient solutions requires significant engineering expertise, which might not be available in all construction sites due to inadequate resource and remote locations. Developing an expert system in this domain is a very effective way to help novice engineers to overcome these problems and to learn about them. Moreover, the system can be used as an archive to document engineering knowledge and to share expertise among the experts in this domain. This article describes the development and evaluation stages of such a system, including knowledge acquisition, knowledge representation, system building, and system verification and validation. The initial knowledge is acquired from literature reviews. More expert knowledge is elicited through interviews and questionnaires. This knowledge is documented, analyzed, represented, and converted to computer software using the Visual Basic programming language and the system is called ES-CCPRHP. The system has been verified and validated in three ways: by extensive testing, comparison between system performance and expert reasoning, and case study. It can therefore be employed with confidence by end users.
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| spelling | doaj.art-316463efc01141abb491e4624cc2d89c2022-12-21T20:17:37ZengVilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityJournal of Civil Engineering and Management1392-37301822-36052013-12-0119610.3846/13923730.2013.801905A diagnostic expert system to overcome construction problems in rigid highway pavementAhmed Mancy Mosa0Mohd Raihan Taha1Amiruddin Ismail2Riza Atiq O. K. Rahmat3Sustainable Urban Transport Research Centre (SUTRA), Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Kebangsaan University, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, MalaysiaCivil and Structural Department, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Kebangsaan University, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, MalaysiaSustainable Urban Transport Research Centre (SUTRA), Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Kebangsaan University, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, MalaysiaCivil and Structural Department, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Kebangsaan University, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, MalaysiaConstructing highway pavements faces complex problems, which are affected by multiple factors, where solution is nearly impossible without expert assistance. Diagnosing such construction problems and suggesting most suitable cost efficient solutions requires significant engineering expertise, which might not be available in all construction sites due to inadequate resource and remote locations. Developing an expert system in this domain is a very effective way to help novice engineers to overcome these problems and to learn about them. Moreover, the system can be used as an archive to document engineering knowledge and to share expertise among the experts in this domain. This article describes the development and evaluation stages of such a system, including knowledge acquisition, knowledge representation, system building, and system verification and validation. The initial knowledge is acquired from literature reviews. More expert knowledge is elicited through interviews and questionnaires. This knowledge is documented, analyzed, represented, and converted to computer software using the Visual Basic programming language and the system is called ES-CCPRHP. The system has been verified and validated in three ways: by extensive testing, comparison between system performance and expert reasoning, and case study. It can therefore be employed with confidence by end users. First published online: 24 Oct 2013http://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/JCEM/article/view/3928expert systemconstruction problemsrigid highway pavementssolutionscauses |
| spellingShingle | Ahmed Mancy Mosa Mohd Raihan Taha Amiruddin Ismail Riza Atiq O. K. Rahmat A diagnostic expert system to overcome construction problems in rigid highway pavement Journal of Civil Engineering and Management expert system construction problems rigid highway pavements solutions causes |
| title | A diagnostic expert system to overcome construction problems in rigid highway pavement |
| title_full | A diagnostic expert system to overcome construction problems in rigid highway pavement |
| title_fullStr | A diagnostic expert system to overcome construction problems in rigid highway pavement |
| title_full_unstemmed | A diagnostic expert system to overcome construction problems in rigid highway pavement |
| title_short | A diagnostic expert system to overcome construction problems in rigid highway pavement |
| title_sort | diagnostic expert system to overcome construction problems in rigid highway pavement |
| topic | expert system construction problems rigid highway pavements solutions causes |
| url | http://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/JCEM/article/view/3928 |
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