McESE is an expert system environment (a software tool) designed to help create problem-specific shells with incomplete and uncertain knowledge, fast and compact expert system applications in a particular programming language. Specialized software of McESE is written in C and facilitates handling of all aspects of dealing with rule-based knowledge bases. Practical and theoretical aspects of McE...

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...

Langley Research Center developed a unique test bed for investigating the practical problems associated with the assembly of large space truss structures using robotic manipulators. The test bed is the result of an interdisciplinary e ort that encompasses the full spectrum of assembly problems|from the design of mechanisms to the development of software. This paper describes the automated struc...

The problems of developing sound and safe expert systems are discussed, with particular reference to medicine. The concepts, notations, methods, results and technologies which have emerged from the study of mathematical logic as a computational paradigm offer many benefits for improving the quality of expert systems. Logic programming offers a better discipline for design, specification and imp...

The democratization of mapping represents a positive trend for society, however within this movement, little focus to cartographic quality has been paid. The result is often poorly presented maps which fail to convey the information intended. Software packages offer very little, if any, guidance to the user when it comes to offering cartographic assistance such as symbolization recommendations....