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Main Title Hybrid knowledge-based/algorithmic approach to the design of waste treatment systems /
Author Rossman, Lewis A.
CORP Author Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH. Risk Reduction Engineering Lab.
Publisher U.S. Enivornmental Protection Agency, Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory,
Year Published 1989
Report Number EPA/600/D-89/096
Stock Number PB89-222806
Additional Subjects Systems engineering ; Water pollution ; Algorithms ; Artificial intelligence ; Automation ; Computer programs ; Waste water treatment ; Computer aided design ; Expert systems ; Processes ; Prolog programming language ; Computer applications
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NTIS  PB89-222806 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 11 pages ; 28 cm
Abstract
Synthesizing a wastewater treatment system design involves selecting the combination, arrangement, and sizing of unit treatment processes that will meet all treatment objectives. A computer-based method for the initial phase of treatment system design is developed. It identifies arrangements of alternative unit processes whose overall performance index falls within a specified limit. The problem is approached using the artificial intelligence paradigm of algorithmic state space search guided by knowledge-based heuristics. An experimental PROLOG program illustrates how the method may be implemented for a wide variety of wastewater treatment design problems.
Notes
"Presented at the ASCE's Sixth Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, September 11-13, 1989, Atlanta Georgia." EPA/600/D-89/096. PB89-222806. June 1989. Microfiche.