WIND DATA GENERATOR - A KNOWLEDGE-BASED EXPERT SYSTEM

Research was undertaken to improve the methods of utilizing short-term wind records to estimate long-term extreme winds for design purposes. Recent approaches to the problem include the Markov models developed at the University of Hawaii for extreme wind simulation applicable to a well behaved climate and to typhoon-prone regions. Recently, it has been realized that the application of these simulation models, is tedious, pain-staking and time consuming for inexperienced users. Therefore, the current effort is to utilize an expert system shell to facilitate the application of the simulation models in a microcomputer environment. An application of this approach is illustrated.