COUPLING EXPERT SYSTEMS TO THERMAL CALCULATION AND SIMULATION COMPUTER CODES

摘要

The present paper shows a possible way to make simulationrncomputer codes more easy to use by nonspecialists. The basicrnidea is to implement a code which translates the buildingrnrepresentation into a suitable thermal model. It is a part of arnmore important project which takes place at the Solar EnergyrnLaboratory (LESO-PB), and which aims at the elaboration of anrnintegrated system to assist building designers (Morel 1989a).rnThat integrated system is organized around a central databasernto store the current state of building being designed, andrnincludes expert systems in various domains, as well as classical'rnprocedural computer codes to calculate significant quantitiesrn(energy indexes, costs, task lists, etc). The paper is focused onrnthe structure of the central database and the interface to arndynamical thermal simulation code.