An expert system for evaluation and selection of floor finishing materials

This paper describes briefly the building and development stages of an expert system for evaluation and selection of floor finishing materials. The scope of the study is limited to available materials in the Saudi market, local or imported for residential building's interior. The study forms a model for a perhaps future comprehensive evaluation and selection system that may involve interior and exterior finishing materials covering floors, walls and ceilings. The system, emphasizes the potentials of expert system applications in architectural engineering as computer aided building design tools to help architects and decision makers do their selection on a rational basis and assist in documenting, standardizing and disseminating problem solving methodologies.