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Title: Expert system for the design of heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems. Master's thesis

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7124801

Expert systems are computer programs that seek to mimic human reason. An expert system shelf, a software program commonly used for developing expert systems in a relatively short time, was used to develop a prototypical expert system for the design of heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems in buildings. Because HVAC design involves several related knowledge domains, developing an expert system for HVAC design requires the integration of several smaller expert systems known as knowledge bases. A menu program and several auxiliary programs for gathering data, completing calculations, printing project reports, and passing data between the knowledge bases are needed and have been developed to join the separate knowledge bases into one simple-to-use program unit.

Research Organization:
Air Force Inst. of Tech., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (USA)
OSTI ID:
7124801
Report Number(s):
AD-A-218287/1/XAB; AFIT/CI/CIA-89-178
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Thesis
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English