GEOTOX: a knowledge-based system for hazardous site evaluation

Abstract GEOTOX, an expert knowledge-based system, is a new tool for computer-assisted 'expert' consultation in evaluating waste disposal sites and improving prioritization of appropriate remedial measures to cost-effectively reduce further risk. After describing the important characteristics of the problem domain and discussing various site evaluation methods, this paper directs attention to the knowledge representation scheme in GEOTOX with emphasis on a case-study. This paper illustrates how Artificial Intelligence techniques can provide assistance to engineers facing an important problem — the assessment of waste disposal sites.