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Prototype development of GEOEXPLORER, a knowledge-based system for supergene deposits: Identification of favorable areas for bauxite

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GEOEXPLORER is a knowledge-based system under development to support the prospecting and exploration of supergene deposits. As a new type of multi-stage expert systetn, GEOEXPLORER is not only able to deal with problems of searching for supergene deposits, but will also cover both the evaluation of the spatial occurrences and the economic values of the deposits considered. A first prototype of GEOEXPLORER has been developed for bauxite deposits. It is a rule-based system implemented in PROLOG and can be used to identify favorable areas for bauxite prospecting. This paper discusses this prototype of GEOEXPLORER.

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  1. Junfeng Luo

    Present address: WS Atkins International Ltd., Roedernallee 174-176, Postfach 13366, D-13407, Berlin, Germany

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  1. Institute für Geol., Geophys. & GeoInformatik, Freie Universität Berlin, Malteserstrasse 74-100, Haus D, D-12249, Berlin, Germany

    Junfeng Luo & Wolfdietrich Skala

  2. Institute of Economic Geol., Lagerstättenforschung, Technical University of Berlin, Ernst-Reuter-Pl. I, D-10587, Berlin, Germany

    Markus Wagner & Klaus Germann

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Luo, J., Skala, W., Wagner, M. et al. Prototype development of GEOEXPLORER, a knowledge-based system for supergene deposits: Identification of favorable areas for bauxite. Math Geol 26, 973–983 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02083425

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