An Expert System for Identification of Minerals in Thin Section.

Donahoe, James Louis; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ389699

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Publication Date: 1989

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An Expert System for Identification of Minerals in Thin Section.

Donahoe, James Louis; And Others

Journal of Geological Education, v37 n1 p4-6 Jan 1989

Discusses a computer database which includes optical properties of 142 minerals. Uses fuzzy logic to identify minerals from incomplete and imprecise information. Written in Turbo PASCAL for MS-DOS with 128K. (MVL)

Descriptors: College Science, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Software Reviews, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware, Crystallography, Databases, Earth Science, Expert Systems, Geology, Mineralogy, Minerals, Problem Solving, Science Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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