Draft:List of applications built with VP-Expert

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List of applications built with VP-Expert

This page lists applications that were built with the rule-based expert system shell VP-Expert, published by Paperback Software.

Per WP:NLIST, this list is limited to applications for which an independent, reliable source explicitly states the system was built with the VP-Expert shell (journals, refereed proceedings, or government/academic technical reports).

Application (short name)	Domain / context	Deploying org. / case site (if given)	One-line description	Source
Fishway Design Expert System (FDES)	Environmental / hydraulic engineering	Design context (rivers/streams)	Prototype that recommends fishway type; paper explicitly: “the rule-based expert system development tool, VP-Expert, supplies the backward-chaining control structure.”	Bender, Michael J.; Katopodis, Chris; Simonovic, Slobodan P. (1992). "A prototype expert system for fishway design". Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 23 (1–3): 115–127. Bibcode:1992EMnAs..23..115B. doi:10.1007/BF00406956. PMID 24227094.
Unsteady Open-Channel Flow KB (structuring & evaluation)	Hydraulics / river networks	Research prototype	Knowledge-base structuring & evaluation “employing the VP-Expert shell.”	Chau, K. W.; Yang, W. W. (1994). "Structuring and evaluation of VP-Expert based knowledge bases". Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 7 (4): 447–454. doi:10.1016/0952-1976(94)90010-8.
Flow Routing Expert System	Hydrology / flow routing	Changtan watershed, Guangdong (test case)	Routing decisions; paper states “VP-Expert is employed as the shell of this expert system.”	Chau, K. W.; Zhang, X. Z. (1995). "An expert system for flow routing in a river network". Advances in Engineering Software. 22 (3): 139–146. doi:10.1016/0965-9978(95)00026-S. Retrieved October 1, 2025.
Ball / Roller Bearing Design ES	Mechanical design	—	Conference paper: rules and design equations “input into the expert system shell called VP-Expert.”	Pathak, M. A.; Ahluwalia, R. S. (1991). "An Expert System for the Design and Selection of Ball Bearing Parameters". CAD/CAM Robotics and Factories of the Future '90. Springer. pp. 231–236. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-58214-1_34. ISBN 978-3-642-63504-5.
Document Delivery Expert	Library / information services	Large law firm library (case described)	Decision support for document delivery; text explains how the system was built with VP-Expert.	Abate, Anne K. (1996). "Document Delivery Expert". Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Information Supply. 6 (2): 17–37. doi:10.1300/J110V06N02_04.
Method Selection for Flow Measurement/Water Resources*	Water resources / measurement selection	Environment Canada (potential use)	Journal article discussing a VP-Expert-based selection aid in hydrologic practice.	Simonovic, S. P. (1990). "An expert system for the selection of a suitable method ..." Journal of Hydrology. 112 (3): 237–256. doi:10.1016/0022-1694(90)90017-R. Retrieved October 1, 2025.
PASSSFA (stream monitoring variable selection)	Environmental monitoring / forestry	Colorado State University & NREL	Institutional technical report: “A relatively inexpensive expert system shell, VP-Expert, was used to develop PASSSFA.”	MacDonald, Lee H. (1996). Monitoring the Effects of Forestry on Streams: Variable Selection and the Development of an Expert System (PDF) (Report). Colorado State University / NREL. Retrieved October 1, 2025.
Water Resources Knowledge Processing (overview)	Hydrodynamics & water quality	Academic prototypes	Institutional paper noting “prototype expert systems employed the commercial expert system shell VP-Expert.”	Chau, K. W. (2002). Knowledge Processing System on Hydrodynamics and Water Quality (PDF) (Report). The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (institutional working paper). Retrieved October 1, 2025.
Environmental Diagnosis ES (SBC-MEDIU)	Environmental health (air/water/soil)	Academic research	Workshop paper: “All modules are using the inference engine of VP-Expert.”	Oprea, Mihaela (2009). An Environmental Diagnosis Expert System (PDF). pp. 291–302. Retrieved October 1, 2025.
Open-channel flow (knowledge acquisition/representation)*	Hydraulics / knowledge engineering	—	Journal article in the same research thread citing the VP-Expert-based systems.	Chau, K. W.; Yang, W. W. (1996). "Knowledge Acquisition and Representation for Unsteady Open Channel Flow". Journal of Intelligent Systems. 6 (3–4): 221–237. doi:10.1515/JISYS.1996.6.3-4.221.

See also

• VP-Expert
• Expert system
• Knowledge-based systems

References

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