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GEOVALUATOR is an expert system to help geologists and other specialists provide an estimate of the mineral endowment of large areas for mineral exploration and governmental planning. When completed, GEOVALUATOR will estimate the mineral endowment of the United States by combining estimates from the 621 two-degree quadrangles of the National Topographic Map Series. Developed from the well-known expert system PROSPECTOR (of SRI International), the new system will help geologists use their geological knowledge and available data to evaluate mineral endowment. GEOVALUATOR will prompt geologists to use fully their knowledge of geological principles, processes, and facts, together with available data, published and unpublished. The current version of GEOVALUATOR is a demonstration prototype to evaluate the kaolin resources in part of the kaolin belt of Georgia, U.S.A. The demonstration prototype is written in the muLISP language for an IBM personal computer. Working at the keyboard, the user defines the sizes, categories, and numbers of deposits that may be present for a quadrangle. After the user has evaluated the complete set of quadrangles, GEOVALUATOR provides a summary table and a map to display graphically the estimated kaolin endowment of the trial area.
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Koch, G.S., Papacharalampos, D. (1988). Geovaluator, an Expert System for Resource Appraisal: A Demonstration Prototype for Kaolin in Georgia, U.S.A. In: Chung, C.F., Fabbri, A.G., Sinding-Larsen, R. (eds) Quantitative Analysis of Mineral and Energy Resources. NATO ASI Series, vol 223. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4029-1_29
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