An Intelligent Geographic Information System for Better Earthquake Risk Management

地震工程已经取得了重大进展，但专业知识往往局限于大学和政府机构。对社会各阶层（商业、发明家、规划人员等）的决策者有重大帮助的知识体系并不容易获得。这项技术没有得到有效转让，因为：这些知识是多学科的，它的应用需要专家对空间数据进行整合，而且没有有效的传输工具。本项目致力于整合地球科学、地质学、地震学、工程、金融和社会科学等各个领域的地震知识，以及积分积的有效转移。综合/转移工具是一个增强的地理信息系统，或IGIS，并在微型计算机上执行，以便广泛的商业分发。通过知识过程对空间数据进行汇总和分析，以推断地震危险性和结构脆弱性，然后将其用于决策和管理支持系统。一期项目旨在展示在地震风险评估中整合先进地理信息系统和人工智能技术的可行性。以及整合带来的协同效应。这项活动的最终用户将包括保险公司和银行等商业团体。

Significant advances in earthquake engineering have been made but the expertise is too often confined to universities and government institutions. Bodies of knowledge which would significantly aid decision makers across all segments of society (business, inventors, planners, etc.) are not readily accessible. The technology is not being effectively transferred because: the knowledge is multi- disciplinary, its application requires expert integration of spatial data and an efficient transfer vehicle is not available. This project addresses the integration of earthquake knowledge from various domains such as earth science, geology, seismology, engineering, finance and social science, and the efficient transfer of the integrated product. The integration/transfer vehicle is an enhanced geographical information system, or IGIS, and implemented on microcomputers for wide commercial distribution. Spatial data are aggregated and analyzed by knowledge processes to infer earthquake hazard and structural vulnerability, which are then used in decision and management support systems. The Phase I program is designed to show the feasibility of integrating advanced geographic information systems and artificial intelligence technologies in earthquake risk assessment, and the synergism which results from the integration. End- users of this activity will include such commercial groups as insurance companies and banks.