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May 20,1994 92:58PM FROM ec-a sect ion
DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXPERT SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTATION OF
HAZARDOUS AND RADIOACTIVE MATERIALSJ. I Ferrada
fak Ridge National Laboratory*
P. O. Box 2008, MS-6495
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831
(615) 574-4998R. D. Michelhaugh
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
P. 0. Box 2008, MS-6495
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831
(615) 574-6819R. R. Rawl
Oak Ridge National Laboratory'
P. O, Box 2008, MS-6495
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831
(615) 574.4713L INTRODUCTION
Unde- the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of
Energy's (DOE's) Transportation Maksgemat Division
(EM-261), the Transportation Technologies Group at
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has designed
and developed an expert system prototype application of
the hazardous materials transportation regulations. The
objective of this task was to provide a proof-of-concept
for developing a computerized expert system that will
ensure straightforward, consistent, and error-free
application of the hazardous materials transportation
regulations. The expert system prototype entailed the
analysis of what an expert in hazardous materials
shipping information could/should do.
From the analysis of the different features required
for the expert system prototype, it was concluded that the
developmental efforts should be directed to a Windowsm
3.1 hypermedia environment. I lypermedia technology
usually worts as an interactive software system that gives
personal computer users the ability to organize, manage.
and present information in a number of formats-text,
graphics, sound, and full-motion video.
IL DEVELOPMENT
The strategy to develop the expert system was to
ftist, demonstrate the feasibility of developing an expert
system prototype by developing modules to capture the
knowledge of different areas of transportation and
packaging; second, select an appropriate environment in
which to deploy the expert system; third, analyze the
feasibility of appending these different modules in one
final full package; and fourth, develop the full-scale
expert systemA. Radioactive Materials Prototype
Development
The initial prototype to demonstrate the feasibility of
developing the expert system was based on a module for
transporting and packaging radioactive material. Later,
a module that inluded hazardous chemicals was
developed.
The feasibility stage included (1) analysis of
commercial software related to regulation access,
(2) knowledge acquisition, and (3) development of the
expert system prototype. The strategy to develop the
latter subtask was to (a) develop modules to capture the
knowledge of different areas of transportation and
pakaging and (b) analyze the feasibility of appending
these different modules as one final full program. Two
individual modules are used, one for transporting and
packaging of radioactive materials and another for
transporting and packaging hazardous chemical
materials. The final product will integrate these two
modules into an overall hazardous and radioactive
materials system.
1. Analysis of commercial programs.
The analysis of the commercially available
software, Regean" and Environmental/Safety
LibraryTm, indicated that both packages, although very
useful for navigating the pertinent regulations, are not
particularly suitable for the determination of the type of
packaging required for hazardous and radioactive
material transportation; additional logic is needed.
However, the regulations could be downloaded from
these software systems and used as the source data base
for the regulations that will be accessed by the expert
sysen*Managed by Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc.
DE-AC05-840R21400.for the US. Department of Energy under contract
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Ferrada, J. J.; Michelhaugh, R. D. & Rawl, R. R. Development of an expert system for transportation of hazardous and radioactive materials, article, May 20, 1994; Tennessee. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc663980/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.