Development of an expert system for transportation of hazardous and radioactive materials

Conference · Fri May 20 04:00:00 EDT 1994

OSTI ID:225979

Ferrada, J J; Michelhaugh, R D; Rawl, R R

Under the sponsorship of the US Department of Energy`s (DOE`s) Transportation Management Division (EM-261), the Transportation Technologies Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has designed and developed an expert system prototype application of the hazardous materials transportation regulations. The objective of this task was to provide a proof-of-concept for developing a computerized expert system that will ensure straightforward, consistent, and error-free application of the hazardous materials transportation regulations. The expert system prototype entailed the analysis of what an expert in hazardous materials shipping information could/should do. From the analysis of the different features required for the expert system prototype, it was concluded that the developmental efforts should be directed to a Windows{trademark} 3.1 hypermedia environment. Hypermedia technology usually works as an interactive software system that gives personal computer users the ability to organize, manage, and present information in a number of formats--text, graphics, sound, and full-motion video.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 225979
• Report Number(s): CONF-940815--119; ON: DE96010033
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
EXPERT SYSTEMS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
PERSONAL COMPUTERS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
VALIDATION