The need has been identified for innovations that will incorporate spatial database management and knowledge-based expert systems techniques into microcomputer-based workstations.Answering this need, we propose to undertake a research and development effort addressed to the design of an Expert Database System consisting of a spatial database management system (SDBMS) and an object-oriented database management system (OODBMS), integrated by an expert system component. The final product will be based on recent advances in three leading areas of computer science research, namely, artificial intelligence, OODBMS, and SDBMS.The major benefit of such work is that it will lead to the development of a methodology for the intelligent modeling of spatial objects and their behavior in space and time.Anticipated Results and
Potential Commercial Applications:Applications for this research are microcomputer based systems that provide integrated GIS functionality and knowledge-based expert systems tools. The "product' would be either the systems themselves or services provided by the agencies using them.
