Abstract
Abstract The development of a user oriented knowledge based system (KBS) for use in the conceptual design of bridges is described. Conceptual bridge design has been found to be an appropriate subject for the development of a KBS, as it is mainly based on heuristics and personal judgement and therefore depends greatly on the experience of the engineer. The system has been developed using an interactive and detailed knowledge elicitation (KE) process, for a limited domain with the unusual feature of several experts being involved to cover the same domain. This KE process has resulted in the development of a prototype, which is currently being verified by the experts used for the KE, independent experts and potential users. It is shown that the experience gained from the development, implementation and verification of the system is of relevance to the creation of future KBS, particularly within the engineering environment.
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