Knowledge Acquisition in Expert Systems for Structural Engineering Design

这项研究的目的是探索利用专家系统中的现有技术，特别是在知识获取领域，开发更先进的结构工程设计工具。这项研究将以现有系统HI-RISE为基础，考察获取知识的两个来源。高层建筑初步结构设计专家系统是一个高层建筑初步结构设计专家系统。这项研究分为三项任务。第一项任务涉及与高层建筑结构设计领域公认的专家一起对HI-RISE进行校准。第二项任务涉及为结构设计问题开发自动知识获取模块。在这项任务中，将利用HI-RISE的基本表示和控制策略开发一个通用的结构设计专家系统框架。第三项任务是利用人工智能社区开发的一些基本机制，将机器学习纳入HI-RISE。

The purpose of this study is to explore the use of existing technology in expert systems, particularly in the area of knowledge acquisition, for the development of more advanced design tools for structural engineering. The study will look at both sources of knowledge acquisition using an existing system, HI-RISE, as a basis. HI-RISE is an expert system for the preliminary structural design of high-rise buildings. The study is divided into three tasks. The first task involves the calibration of HI-RISE with recognized experts in the domain of structural design of high-rise buildings. The second task involves the development of an automated knowledge acquisition module for structural design problems. During this task, a generic expert system framework for structural design will be developed using the basic representation and control strategy in HI-RISE. The third task is the incorporation of machine learning in HI-RISE using some of the elementary mechanisms developed in the artificial intelligence community.