Expert Systems in Engineering Applications

Expert systems technology is receiving increasing acceptance in the engineering community. This is due to the fact that there actually exists a close match between the capabilities of the current generation of expert systems and the requirements of engineering practice. This volume provides a presentation of the design principles of engineering expert systems, and a representative picture of their capabilities to assist efficiently the design, diagnosis and operation of complex industrial plants. Among the application areas covered are: hardware synthesis, industrial plant layout design, fault diagnosis, process control, image analysis, computer communication, electric power systems, intelligent control, robotics and manufacturing systems.