Prospector II: Towards a knowledge base for mineral deposits

摘要: What began in the mid-seventies as a research effort designing an expert system to aid geologists exploring for hidden mineral deposits has late eighties become full-sized knowledge-based conducting regional resource assessments. Prospector II, successor Prospector, is interactive-graphics oriented, flexible its representation of deposit models, and suited assessment. In geologist enters findings area, selects models or examples consideration, program compares with selected, noting similarities, differences, missing information. The selected are ranked according scores that based on comparisons findings. Findings can be reassessed process repeated if necessary. results provide rationale identifying those types geology area permits. future, II assist creation new used assessment striving toward ultimate classification deposits.