Candidato: Jonny Carlos da Silva
Programa: UFSC / CPGEM
Data: Março de 1998
Orientador: Nelson Back (NeDIP / UFSC)
Coorientador: David Dawson / Victor Juliano De Negri
Abstract: The work presents the main phases in the research and prototyping of an expert system (i.e. conceptualisation, implementation and validation). The project is based on a prototype development to demonstrate the feasibility of integrating the following areas: Expert System Application; Object-Oriented Techniques; and an industrially significant domain, Hydraulics. The system integrates a computational tool to support the design of hydraulic systems focusing on concurrent engineering aspects. The project explicitly defines the areas in which the prototype application can improve the design process for hydraulic systems. It describes the functional framework and documents in a chronological form the development process of an expert system prototype. Within a defined scope, the project considers, as much as possible, robustness, expandability and modularity throughout its elaboration. The prototype attracted an intensive participation of users in its implementation which was also a key factor in the whole development. The development also greatly benefited from the use of the Internet for knowledge harvesting and validation of the system. Finally, the work discusses future issues related to the prototype expansion and a potential development of a commercial package.
SILVA, J. C. The development of an expert system for hydraulic systems design focusing on Concurrent Engineering Aspects. 1998. Tese (Doutorado em Engenharia Mecânica). Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina / Lancaster University, Florianópolis.