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Development Of A Knowledge-Based System For Wastewater Pipeline Rehabilitation, David Allen Reaves Oct 1994

Development Of A Knowledge-Based System For Wastewater Pipeline Rehabilitation, David Allen Reaves

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The purpose of this thesis is to study and develop a knowledge-based system to make decisions for the rehabilitation of wastewater pipelines. Development includes justification for the use of an expert system, data acquisition from knowledge experts, program model development, model testing, implementation and future considerations including expansion. The model is developed and implemented using an expert system shell called XIPlus ®.

This knowledge-based system is designed specifically for the Navy Public Works Center Utilities Department at Norfolk Naval Base in Norfolk, Virginia for making decisions for the rehabilitation of the 50-year-old wastewater collection system. Recent sewer collapses and a …