Abstract
The authors have developed the expert system to make construction planning for shield tunnelling method skillfully and rationally. As tunnelling conditions and technologies have been diversified in recent years, the knowledge of expert engineers has been accumulated. By utilizing the knowledge base from such expertise, this system can support construction planning and design shield machines automatically.
This paper describes the motive for introduction of expert system, the method of making the knowledge base and the details of this system. The authors have estimated the application of this system to actual construction planning.
