Expert Systems in Engineering Applications

by Spyros Tzafestas (Editor)

Overview

Expert system technology is receiving increasing popularity and acceptance in the engineering community. This is due to the fact that there actually exists a close match between the capabilities of the current generation expert systems and the requirements of engineering practice. Prepared by a distinguished team of experts, this book provides a balanced state-of-the-art presentation of the design principles of engineering expert systems, and a representative picture of their capabilities to assist efficiently the design, diagnosis and operation of complex industrial plants. Among the application areas covered are the following: hardware synthesis, industrial plant layout design, fault diagnosis, process control, image analysis, computer communication, electric power systems, intelligent control, robotics, and manufacturing systems. The book is appropriate for the researcher and the professional. The researcher can save considerable time in searching the scattered technical information on engineering expert systems. The professional can have readily available a rich set of guidelines and techniques that are applicable to a wide class of engineering domains.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642840500
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	12/21/2011
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
Pages:	383
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

I General Issues.- 1 An Overview of Expert Systems.- 2 Knowledge Acquisition for Expert System Design.- 3 Synergy of Expert Systems, CAD, and Logic Programming.- II Expert Systems in Engineering Domains.- 4 Expert Systems for Automatic Hardware Synthesis.- 5 Expert System of Image Processing and its Application to LANDSAT Image Analysis.- 6 Self-Learning Expert System for Computer Communication Design.- 7 Application of Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems in Power Engineering.- 8 A Knowledge-Based Approach to Verification and Improvement of Industrial Plan Layout Design.- III Expert Systems in Fault Diagnosis and Process Control.- 9 EXACT — an Expert System for Automobile Air-Conditioner Compressor Troubleshooting.- 10 Using Prototypical Knowledge in Classification-Based Expert Systems.- 11 Combined Control and Diagnosis for Complex Processes: An Intelligent Control Approach.- 12 Knowledge-Based Adaptive Identification for Process Control and Modelling.- IV Expert Systems in Robotics and Manufacturing.- 13 Knowledge Based (Expert) Systems for Intelligent Control Applications.- 14 Learning Expert System for Robot Skills.- 15 A Knowledge-Based Mechanical Assembly Planning System.- 16 Expert Systems in Manufacturing.- 17 Artificial Intelligence Concepts and Petri Nets for Modelling Simulation and Control of Flexible Manufacturing Systems.- 18 Expert Control Architectures for Production Planning and Control.- 19 Distributed Intelligent Control Systems for an Unmanned Manufacturing Cell.- V Expert Systems Catalogues.- 20 A Survey of Expert System Tools and Engineering-Based Expert Systems.