Author(s)

J.M. Dewey, D.J. McMillin & A.A. van Netten

Abstract

This paper describes the development of an expert system designed to assist those who are responsible for protecting the public in emergencies involving explosive hazards. In the case of an explosive emergency, a precise description of the explosive source is rarely available, and the output information must be in the form of injury and damage distance criteria. EBlast is a new expert system which will accept imprecise or "fuzzy" information about an explosive source, and will provide information about the likely injury and damage ranges should an explosion occur. A database has been created of over 900 reports of explosive incidents since 1986. The explosive sources in these incidents were grouped into ten categories, and the most frequent source, and the one causing the la

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