Download or read book Expert Systems as Applied to Bridges written by William Zuk and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presented in this report is a detailed description of the procedure to be followed to develop a knowledge-based computerized expert system for determining whether to rehabilitate, improve, replace, abandon, or just to routinely maintain an old highway bridge in the VDOT road system. Based on extensive interviews with bridge engineering experts, the type of data needed, the rules to be used and interference procedures are described, along with an example for the expert system called DOB (for Disposition of Old Bridges). Future studies are expected to program this information into a format suitable for use in a personal computer.