The Potential of Object Oriented Programming for the Development of Expert Systems in the Construction Industry

Author(s):  
M. Alshawi
Author(s):  
XIAOFENG LI

This paper summarizes the author's four-year research on examining rule-based programming (RBP) and object-oriented programming (OOP) for expert systems implementation. It reaches two conclusions. First, with a few exceptions, RBP is simply not working in practice. Second, many rule-based problems can be solved with OOP with improved system understandability and maintainability. This paper aims at (1) clarifying some of the confusion surrounding expert systems technology, and (2) providing a practical direction for expert systems implementation.


1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. H. Bensley ◽  
T. J. Brando ◽  
J. C. Fohlin ◽  
M. J. Prelle ◽  
A. M. Wollrath

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document