Intelligent "design for X" systems aim to capture the expertise of an expert in some aspect of manufacture or use of a design, and to make this expertise available to designers to assist in optimising the design in the area of expertise. Two examples of such expert computer aids are discussed in this paper. The first system is related to ergonomic and aesthetic design, while the second system i...

This paper discusses about the design and development of a Domain-Expert Repository Management system (DERMs) that supports activities for maintaining the Domain and the Expert module of an adaptive hypermedia learning system. DERMs involves two main activities: the domain knowledge manager which assists the instructors maintain their teaching materials; and the expert knowledge manager which a...

An experimental expert system was developed by the Texas Transportation Institute to assist users in selecting computerized software packages currently being supported by the FHWA. This system was designed to Investigate potential expert systems applications In transportation engineering. This study was performed to serve three basic purposes: to test the feasiblllty of developing a small-scale...

This article discusses the issues that arise in the design and implementation of expert systems. These issues include: task selection; the stages of development of expert system projects; knowledge acquisition; languages and tools; development and run-time environments; and organizational and institutional issues. The article closes with some speculation about the future development of expert s...

YES/MVS (Yorktown Expert System for MVS operators) is a continuous, real time expert system that exerts interactive control over an operating system as an aid to computer operators. This paper discusses the YES/MVS system, its domain of application, and issues that arise in the design and development of an expert system that runs continuously in real time.

Design Expert Systems can be built using many small, cooperating, limited function expert systems called Single Function Agents. Using this approach we will be able to investigate and discover primitive problem-solving and interaction patterns, specific for multi-agent design systems, and should gain a deeper understanding of the types of knowledge involved. This paper presents some categories ...

Telecommunication networks have evolved over time as a result of technological advances, and network topologies and equipment have become increasingly complex. Expert systems are being successfully applied to the management of telecommunication networks. However, applying expert systems to network design is another especially beneficial yet still not very common approach. In this paper we propo...