Sathyaprasad, Indigaha Madiththege Sathindra <br/><br/>
Common problems in expert systems developed for construction management applications 

 - Bangkok :  Asian Institute of Technology,  1992 
 - 74, [71] leaves 
 - Thesis ;  no. ST-92-22 .
 - Asian Institute of Technology.  Thesis ;  no. ST-92-22 .
<br/><br/> A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of  Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1992 
<br/><br/> Problems faced by the expert system developers in construction field, during development and  application were investigated. Some of these problems were identified as unique to the construction  field and others as common to any field of application.  Out of these problems, Knowledge Acquisition, Treatment of Uncertainties and Validation and  Verification of expert systems were selected for the study. Presently available techniques to handle  these problems were surveyed, and the use of these techniques in the expert systems developed for  construction field was investigated. Effective use of these techniques for various applications were  identified.  The applicability of Delphi technique in knowledge acquisition, as a solution to the above problems,  was investigated, and was identified as a practical way of solving above problems.  A user satisfaction and acceptability survey was conducted on the expert system ESSEX. These  user acceptability surveys were identified as a tool to detect the claiity of questions, problems in  user friendliness etc.  Findings from the literature review, conclusions drawn from the study and recommendations for  further research were stated. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Expert systems (Computer science)<br/>Construction industry--Management