SBexpert Users Guide (Version 2.0): A Knowledge-Based Decision-Support System forSpruce Beetle Management

摘要

SBexpert version 2.0 is a knowledge-based decision-support system for managementof spruce beetle (Dendroctonus rufipennis (Kby.)), developed cooperatively by the Pacific Northwest Research Station and Forest Health Management, Alaska Region of the USDA Forest Service. Version 2.0 was developed for Lutz (Picea xlutzil), white (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss), and Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) in south-central Alaska, but later versions easily could extend applicability of SBexpert to spruce beetle management for most of western North America. The guide provides detailed instructions on the use of all SBexpert features. In addition, it describes procedures for installing the system, and hardware and software requirements (appendix A). SBexpert is a Microsoft Windows (MS Windows) application written in the KnowledgePro Windows development language. The SBexpert application includes four programs: SBexpert, SBtext, SBlit, and SBhelp (throughout the user guide, SBexpert program names as well as topics (subprograms) within programs are identified in Arial bold). The sets of programs constitute the SBexpert application. When the authors refer to the application as a whole, they use 'SBexpert.'