Dangerous Substance Advisor: Een Expert Systeem voor het Classificeren van Gevaarlijke Stoffen (Dangerous Substance Advisor: An Expert System for the Classification of Dangerous Substances)

Both TNO-FEL and TNO-PML have, in cooperation, developed an expert system for the classification of dangerous substances. The goal of the research has been twofold. On the one hand there was the need to gain more experience in the building of expert systems FEL, on the other hand, there was the desire to increase the accessibility of the classification of dangerous substances PML. The research project has resulted in a working prototype, that classifies a product into a certain class on the basis of substance characteristics. Classes 3, 6.1 and 8 have been emphasized, because they make out the main part of substances in transport. Starting principle has been the UN Recommendations. Substances are classified by means of rules and decision tables. The Precedence of Hazards Table has been extended according to ur own insights to contain all classes and packing groups. This controls the whole classification process. Dutch translations.