Conceptual investigation of a management information system for underground coal mines. Open file report

Technical Report · Mon Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6445166

Kohler, J L; Ramani, R V; Koharchik, G; Bhaskar, R

The final report presents the results of an investigation into the development of a Management Information System (MIS) for underground coal mines. The intent of the project was to examine the information issues, various design aspects, and associated application concerns of an integrated monitoring MIS, such as the impact of this technology on safety. The work performed on the contract used mine ventilation as a prototypical example and concludes that a KBES formulation of an integrated monitoring MIS for coal-mine management is feasible and desirable. The report is presented in five chapters and six appendices and describes ventilation MIS system requirements, the formulation of a knowledge-based expert system (KBES) structure to implement the integrated ventilation monitoring MIS system, and the health and safety implications of the system.

• Research Organization: Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park (USA). Dept. of Mineral Engineering
• OSTI ID: 6445166
• Report Number(s): PB-87-188736/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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