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Sources covered include over 3,000 periodicals, conference proceedings, technical reports, trade journal/newsletter items, patents, books, and press releases.
Subject Coverage
Major areas of coverage include:
- Buildings, towers, and tanks
- Bridges and tunnels
- Coastal and offshore structures
- Construction materials selection
- Design and properties of substructures
- Geotechnical engineering
- Seismic engineering
- Pollution, conservation, and health management
- Waste management
- Storm water management and flood analysis
- Surface and groundwater hydrology
- Land development, irrigation, and drainage
- Site remediation and reclamation
- Civil engineering for water, electric, petroleum, and gas utilities
- Civil engineering for highways and roads
- Civil engineering for railways and mass transit
- Civil engineering for waterways
- Civil engineering for air and space transportation
- Surveying, satellite communications, topography, and cartography
- Theoretical mechanics and dynamics
- Mathematics and computation
- Forensic engineering
- Management, marketing, and education
Dates of Coverage
Approximately 1966-current. The oldest record in the database has a publication date of 1887; about 50% of its records have publication dates of 1989 or later. Update Frequency
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Sample Record
| TI: |
Title
Integration of heuristic knowledge with analytical tools for
the selection of flood damage reduction measures. |
| AU: |
Author
Ahmad, S; Simonovic, S P |
| AF: |
Author Affiliation
The University of Manitoba; University of Western Ontario |
| EA: |
Email Address
mailto:sajjad@uwo.ca |
| SO: |
Source
Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, vol. 28, no. 2, pp.
208-221, Apr. 2001 |
| IS: |
ISSN
0315-1468 |
| PB: |
Publisher
National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Ottawa,
Ontario, K1A 0R6, Canada |
| AB: |
Abstract
Heuristic knowledge has been integrated with analytical tools
to support decision making for flood management. Development
of an expert system called Intelligent Flood Management System
for the selection of appropriate flood damage reduction measures
for a given area is described. The selection of flood damage
reduction measures is based on hydraulic, hydrological, geotechnical,
environmental, and economic factors related to the river system
and the area to be protected from floods. The knowledge base
of the Intelligent Flood Management System is generic and
can be used to identify a suitable flood management option
for any area. The model base of the Intelligent Flood Management
System consists of the hydraulic analysis package HEC-RAS,
the flood damage analysis program HEC-FDA, and a model for
economic analysis. The graphical user interface is developed
for effective communication with the system. The developed
system has been implemented to identify appropriate flood
damage reduction options for the town of Ste. Agathe in Manitoba,
Canada using data from 1997 flood in the Red River Basin.
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| IL: |
Illustrations
Graphs; Maps |
| NR: |
Number of References
27 |
| LA: |
Language
English |
| PY: |
Publication Year
2001 |
| PT: |
Publication Type
Journal article |
| JC: |
Journal Coverage
Core |
| DE: |
Decriptors
Floods; Flood management; Damage; Mathematical models; Hydraulics;
Expert systems; River basins; Graphical user interfaces; Rivers;
Economic analysis; Civil engineering; Geotechnics |
| CL: |
Classification
33 Storm Water Management and Flood Analysis |
| RE: |
References
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system for tank irrigation system operation. Journal of Water
Resources Planning and Management. Vol.123, no.5, pp.266-273
2. Bender, M; Simonovic, S P (1994) Decision-support system
for long-range stream flow forecasting. Journal of Computing
in Civil Engineering. Vol.8, no.1, pp.20-34
3. Chang, T J; Kleopa, X A; Teoh, C B (1996) Development of
an expert system for daily drought monitoring. Journal of
Computing in Civil Engineering. Vol.10, no.1, pp.20-24
4. Cimflex Teknowledge Corporation. 1991. M.4 User Guide.
Cimflex Teknowledge Corporation, Calif
5. Davis, J R; Nanninga, P M; Biggins, John; Laut, P (1991)
Prototype decision support system for analyzing impact of
catchment policies. Journal of Water Resources Planning and
Management. Vol.117, no.4, pp.399-414
6. DeGagne, M P; Douglas, G G; Hudson, H R; Simonovic, S P
(1996) A decision support system for the analysis and use
of stage-discharge rating curves. Journal of Hydrology. Vol.184,
no.3-4, pp.225-241
7. Engel, B A; Beasley, D B (1991) DSS: dam site selector
expert system for education. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage
Engineering. Vol.117, no.5, pp.774-782
8. Evans, T A; Djokic, D; Maidment, D R (1993) Development
and application of expert geographic information system. Journal
of Computing in Civil Engineering. Vol.7, no.3, pp.339-353
9. International Joint Commission. 1997. Red river flooding,
short term measures: interim report of the International Red
River Basin Task Force to the International Joint Commission,
Ottawa. International Joint Commission, Washington, D.C
10. KGS (Kontzamanis Graumann Smith Macmillan Inc.). 2000.
Red river basin stage damage curves update and preparation
of flood damage maps: report submitted to International Joint
Commission, Ottawa. International Joint Commission, Washington,
D.C
11. Leon, C; Martin, S; Elena, J M; Luque, J (2000) EXPLORE-hybrid
expert system for water networks management. Journal of Water
Resources Planning and Management. Vol.126, no.2, pp.65-74
[Cited By 2]
12. Masri, A; Moore, J E (1995) Integrated planning information
systems: disaster planning analysis. Journal of Urban Planning
and Development. Vol.121, no.1, pp.19-39
13. McKinney, D C; Maidment, D R; Tanriverdi, M (1993) Expert
geographic information system for Texas water planning. Journal
of Water Resources Planning and Management. Vol.119, no.2,
pp.170-183
14. McBean, E A; Gorrie, J; Fortin, M; Ding, J; Moulton, R
(1988) Flood depth-damage curves by interview survey. Journal
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planning. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering. Vol.1,
no.4, pp.284-297
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support system for crop planning during droughts. Journal
of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering. Vol.118, no.2, pp.229-241
18. Royal Commission 1958. Report of the royal commission
on flood cost benefit. Winnipeg, Man
19. Shepherd, A; Ortolano, L (1996) Water-supply system operations:
critiquing expert-system approach. Journal of Water Resources
Planning and Management. Vol.122, no.5, pp.348-355 [Cited
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20. Simonovic, S P; Savic, D A (1989) Intelligent decision
support and reservoir management and operations. Journal of
Computing in Civil Engineering. Vol.3, no.4, pp.367-385
21. Simonovic, S P (1992) Reservoir systems analysis: closing
gap between theory and practice. Journal of Water Resources
Planning and Management. Vol.118, no.3, pp.262-280
22. Simonovic, S P (1996) Decision support systems for sustainable
management of water resources, I. general principles. Water
International. Vol.21, no.4, pp.223-232
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management of water resources, 2. case studies. Water International.
Vol.21, no.4, pp.233-244
24. Simonovic, S P; Bender, M J (1996) Collaborative planning-support
system: an approach for determining evaluation criteria. Journal
of Hydrology. Vol.177, no.3-4, pp.237-251
25. United States Army Corps of Engineers. 1998a. HEC-RAS:
river analysis system, Reference Manual, CPD-69, Hydrologic
Engineering Center, Davis, Calif
26. United States Army Corps of Engineers. 1998b. HEC-FDA:
flood damage reduction analysis, User's Manual, CPD-72, Hydrologic
Engineering Center, Davis, Calif
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measures based on economic efficiency. International Journal
of Water Resources Development. Vol.12, no.1, pp.5-16 |
| UD: |
Update
20020115 |
| AN: |
Accession Number
200201-33-0001 |
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LA = Language |
| AN = Accession Number |
NR = Number of References |
| AU = Author |
PB = Publisher |
CL = Classification
|
PT = Publication Type |
DE = Descriptors
|
PY = Publication Year |
| EA = Email Address |
RE = References |
| IL = Illustrations |
SO = Source |
| IS = ISSN |
TI = Title |
| JC = Journal Coverage |
UD = Update |
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- Core, where all papers in an issue are indexed
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