Expert Systems and Hazardous Waste Cleanup: Applicability of Expert Systems for Generating Cost Estimations (and Remedial Action Recommendations)

摘要

The report is part of the National Network for Environmental Management Studies under the auspicies of the Office of Cooperative Environmental Management of the US Environmental Protection Agency. An important part of the hazardous waste cleanup process is cost estimating. Presently, this is done with the assistance of existing cost estimating programs; however, through helpful, these first generation programs lack the necessary scope and sophistication to meet the present and future demands of those involved in hazardous waste cleanup. New and better computerized cost estimating tools are needed. The objective of the paper is to contribute to the development of the second generation of computer programs for cost estimating. The specific subject area dealt with here concerns the applicability of using expert systems for estimating the costs of the cleanup actions (also called remedial actions) during various planning phases of the cleanup process.