Multi-Domain Expert Systems for Hazardous Waste Site Investigations

Design and Development of a New Methodology Based on Expert Systems Applied to the Prevention of Indoor Radon Gas Exposition Risks

“…There are some works, already commented in Section 1.3.1 , that suggest the use of expert systems aimed to that same purpose, but the authors themselves point to the future development of proposals that have been already included in the presented methodology. As an example, Fang et al [ 72 ] in their 1993 work pointed to the use of correlation models as complementary to the predictions, besides highlighting the need for using several expert systems to improve the acquisition of all the process information. In the same sense Brambley et al [ 67 ] take a stand by stating that the use of expert systems applied to establish processes for radon gas mitigation need of an efficient data collection at several different levels of application.…”

“…This tool, besides diagnosing the presence of the contaminants, also provides support to the process for designing the ventilation systems. Fang et al [ 72 ] use GEOTOX, a tool developed in their previous works [ 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 ], as an expert system that aims to help to evaluate hazardous waste, allowing to perform interpretation tasks, i.e., to assess places that present a potential hazard to health. In the thesis of Byrne [ 77 ], a hybrid knowledge-based advisory system is developed to be applied to the mitigation of radon gas risk.…”