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Civil-Comp Proceedings
ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 36
INFORMATION REPRESENTATION AND DELIVERY IN CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING DESIGN
Edited by: B. Kumar and A. Retik
Paper V.1

CONMIX: Integrating Specifications, Data and Models

W.M.K. Roddis, D.L. Melber and G.P. Pasley

Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Kansas, Lawrence, United States of America

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
W.M.K. Roddis, D.L. Melber, G.P. Pasley, "CONMIX: Integrating Specifications, Data and Models", in B. Kumar, A. Retik, (Editors), "Information Representation and Delivery in Civil and Structural Engineering Design", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 99-104, 1996. doi:10.4203/ccp.36.5.1
Abstract
Concrete design and construction employ a broad and deep range of knowledge based on: specifications, codes, and standards of practice; sets of numeric data and their statistical manipulation; and models both empirical and theoretical. Knowledge-based systems provide a mechanism for integrating disparate information from specifications, databases, and models into one cohesive tool. A concrete mix design knowledge-based system, CONMIX, has been developed as a research prototype focusing on integrating specifications, data, and models. The system was developed using Level5 Object running under Windows on a 486 PC. CONMIX allows the disparate tools of 1) rule-based knowledge of trial mix design, durability, and constructability, 2) statistically manipulated databases, and 3) algorithmic material models to be brought to bear on the solution of a single concrete mix problem.

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