Expert Systems for Environmental Applications

by Judith M. Hushon (Editor)

Overview

This volume is the ideal introduction to environmental expert systems. Its opening chapter gives a broad overview of the area of environmental expert systems, including the legal issues associated with these systems. An appendix to this chapter surveys the available systems, providing the function, status, and developer for each, as well as the software and hardware necessary to run them. Over 65 of the 80 available systems are covered, including GEOTEX, CORA, CADRA, Risk*Assistant*, and Fish Toxicity Prediction. Broader issues, such as success factors for expert systems, verification and validation of environmental expert systems, and the future of environmental expert systems at EPA, are also covered.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780841218147
Publisher:	American Chemical Society
Publication date:	05/05/1990
Series:	ACS Symposium Series
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Roy F. Weston, Inc.

Table of Contents

Overview of Environmental Expert Systems
Success Factors for Expert Systems
Verification and Validation of Environmental Expert Systems
Neutral Networks and Environmental Application
Expert Systems to Support Environmental Sampling, Analysis, and Data Validation
An Intelligent Quality Assurance Planner for Environmental Data: Functional Requirements
An Expert System for Prediction of Aquatic Toxicity of Contaminants
A Citizen's Helper for Chemical Information
An Expert System to Diagnose Performance Limiting Factors at Publicly Owned Treatment Works
The Activated Sludge Advisor Prototype
Multidomain Expert Systems for Hazardous Waste Site Investigations
The Cost of Remedial Action Model: Expert System Applications
Computerized System for Performing Risk Assessments for Chemical Constituents of Hazardous Waste
Remedial Action Priority and Multimedia Environmental Pollutant Assessment Systems
The Defense Priority Model for Department of Defense Remedial Site Ranking
The Future of Expert Systems in the Environmental Protection Agency

Editorial Reviews

Reviews the state of the art in developing expert systems to solve environmental problems. Describes the process of expert system development and the stages in their life cycles, as well as providing specific case studies. Some of the systems described can be used on personal computers and others on mainframes with artificial intelligence shells. For advanced students and researchers in environmental chemistry, environmental toxicology and chemical information. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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