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Preliminaries
1	EXPERT SYSTEM SHELLS, INTERFACES AND KNOWLEDGE ELICITATION
1.1	Some Experiences from Evaluating Expert System Shell Programs and Some Potential Applications R.J. Allwood, D.J. Stewart and E.G. Trimble	1
1.2	Expert System Development - Problems in Practice S. Rowlinson	7
1.3	Approaches to Fortran-Prolog Interfacing for an Expert System Environment B. Kumar, P.W.H. Chung and B.H.V. Topping	15
1.4	Knowledge Elicitation Methods: A Case-Study in Structural Design P.W.H. Chung and B. Kumar	21
2	CONSTRUCTION PLANNING, MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL
2.1	Can Expert Systems Help the Construction Industry? D.M. Wager	27
2.2	The Integration of an Expert System into the Construction Planning Process D.W. Wijesundera and F.C. Harris	31
2.3	An Expert System for Claim Analysis S. Al-Kass and F. Harris	39
2.4	CRANES - A Rule-Based Assistant with Graphics for Construction Planning Engineers C.N. Cooper	47
2.5	The Development of a Knowledge based Expert System for the Selection of Earthmoving Equipment J. Christian and H. Caldera	55
2.6	The Development of a Knowledge based Computer System for Decision Making on Construction Methods A. Manesero, K.P. Chapman and K.A. Sinclair	61
2.7	The Use of Expert Systems and Sensitivity Analyses in Formwork Productivity and Design J. Christian and S.U. Mir	67
3	STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
3.1	Knowledge-Based Systems in Structural Engineering H. Adeli	71
3.2	A Knowledge-Based Approach to Structural Design B. Kumar, P.W.H. Chung, R.H. Rae and B.H.V. Topping	79
3.3	A Knowledge-Based Expert System for Computer Automated Structural Design D.E. Grierson and G.E. Cameron	93
3.4	Application of AI Programming Techniques to the Analysis of Structures R. Fruchter, J. Gluck and Y.I. Gold	99
4	WATER ENGINEERING
4.1	Implementation Issues of Hydrological Expert Systems - A Civil Engineering Case Study K. Ahmad, A.J. Langdon, W.D. Moss and R.K. Price	105
4.2	Expert Systems as a Preliminary Design Tool for Drinking Water Supplies in Developing Countries G.R. Kelsey	113
5	GEOTECHNICAL DESIGN
5.1	A Knowledge-Based Approach for the Design of Spread Footings N.A.B. Yehia and A.H. El-Hajj	119
6	MATERIALS ENGINEERING
6.1	Computer Assistance for Concrete Construction K.C. Hover	125
7	PAVEMENT DESIGN
7.1	Performance of Concrete Pavements using "Pavement Expert" J.G. Cabrera and M. Al-Shawi	131
8	EDUCATION
8.1	A Knowledge-Based Expert System for Tutoring in Structural Engineering D.J. Gunaratnam	137
8.2	Pandora's Box: An Automatic Generator of Structures R.L. Sack and R.D. Schroeder	145

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