Case-based system for slope design

A key part of slope design is the review of past examples of slopes in similar ground conditions. This paper details the development of the SlopeSafe computer program which uses case-based reasoning to formalise this process. The program, written in Visual Basic, draws on a case-base of nearly 3000...

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Published inComputers and geotechnics Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 468 - 478
Main Authors Fyson, M., Toll, D.G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2008
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Artificial intelligence
Case-based reasoning
Design
Slope
Design
Artificial intelligence
Case-based reasoning
Slope
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Summary:A key part of slope design is the review of past examples of slopes in similar ground conditions. This paper details the development of the SlopeSafe computer program which uses case-based reasoning to formalise this process. The program, written in Visual Basic, draws on a case-base of nearly 3000 case histories of successful and failed slopes to give an indication of the likely success of a proposed slope by matching its geometry and ground conditions to the slopes held in the case-base. XML (Extensible Markup Language) has been used to store the data and a specific set of tags has been defined to provide a standard way of storing slope information. The system has been identified by practising engineers as having the potential to be a very useful design tool.
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ISSN:0266-352X
1873-7633
DOI:10.1016/j.compgeo.2007.06.007