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Thomas G. Tyler
Innovate: to initiate or pioneer. 
Volition: freedom of will, decision, choice. 
Innovolition: the will to create.
A Object-Oriented Implementation of a Chemical Waste Consolidation Expert System

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1. Background and Rationale


2. Interface Design
  • 2.1. The Chemical and Chemical Mixture Interface
  • 2.2. The Bottle or Transporter Interface
  • 2.3. The Drum Storage Interface


3. System Design
  • 3.1. System Environment
  • 3.2. The Waste Consolidation System Design Overview
  • 3.3. The Chemical Library: Class ChemBook
  • 3.4. The Bottle (Transporter) Library: Class BottleBook
  • 3.5. The Drum Library: Class DrumBook


4. Evaluation and Results
  • 4.1. Real-Time Application of Prototype
  • 4.2. Software and Logic Testing
  • 4.3. Usability Testing

5. Future Work

6. Conclusions

Bibliography and References

Appendix A. Example Drum Report

Appendix B. Chemical Compatibility Testing Data

Bibliography and References

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[Calvin 2005] Calvin, L., Jankowitsch, O., Fischer, U., and Hungerbuhler, H.  Software tool for waste treatment selection using economic and ecological assessments (June 27, 2005). Available from www.sust-chem.ethz.ch/research/process/waste.html (Visited Sept. 25, 2005).

[CHARMM 2005] CHARMM - Chemistry at HARvard Molecular Mechanics. Available from http://yuri.harvard.edu/ (Visited Dec. 12, 2005).

[CLIPS 2005] CLIPS - C Language Integrated Production System. Available from www.ghg.net/clips/CLIPS.html (Visited Dec. 12, 2005).

[CRC 1990] CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 71st Edition, David R. Lide (Editor in Chief), CRC Press, Boston, 1990.

[EnviroWare 2007] EnviroWare Software Solutions. Available from http://www.enviro-ware.com/index.html (Visited April 4, 2007).

[EOG 2005] EOG Environmental. Home page. Available from www.eoge.com (Visited Sept. 22, 2005).

[Henley 1981]. Henley, E.J. and Seader, J.D. Equilibrium-Stage Separation Operations in Chemical Engineering, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1981.

[Merck 1989] The Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals 11th Edition, Susan Budavari (Editor), Merck & Co. Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, 1989. 
[NFPA 2007] National Fire Protection Association. Available from http://www.nfpa.org/ (Visited April 5, 2007).

[Petrucci 2002] Petrucci,R.H., Harwood, W.S. and Herring, F.G. General Chemistry Principles and Modern Applications. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2002

[Pressman 1997] Pressman, R.S. Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s Approach, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc, New York, 1997.

[Russell 1995] Russell, S.J. and Norvig, P. Artificial Intelligence A Modern Approach. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 1995.

[Spartan 2007] Spartan Molecular Modeling Software. Available from http://www.wavefun.com/ (Visited April 4, 2007).

[TINKER 2007] TINKER – Software Tools For Molecular Design. Available from http://dasher.wustl.edu/tinker/ (Visited April 4, 2007).
 
[Wikipedia 2005] Wikipedia. Available from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expert_system (Visited Dec. 12, 2005).

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