Case-Based Decision Support for Bridge Monitoring
Bernhard Freudenthaler, Georg Gutenbrunner, Reinhard Stumptner, Josef Küng · 2008
This paper deals with the support of human expertsin making decisions in the field of bridge monitoring. Thereby, the methodology Case-based Reasoning isdescribed to develop a Decision Support System for the interpretation of measurement results of bridges. Case-based Reasoning is a cyclic problem solving method whereby already known knowledge about bridges is stored in form of cases. The system uses these cases to help the engineers in interpreting measurement results. Each bridge has different dynamic parameters. Therefore, analysis and interpretation of the raw datais very time-consuming and cost-intensive. Furthermore, the interpretation by human experts isdone in a subjective way because each engineer has different concepts and experience in the interpretation of bridge measurement data. On this account, there isa need for an intelligent Decision Support System tosupport engineers in interpreting measurement results and making decisions.