Teaching the principles of mine fire using computer-aided instruction
✍ Scribed by Andrzej M. Wala
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 241 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1061-3773
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✦ Synopsis
The purpose of this article is to describe a feasibility prototype of a computer-aided instruction (CAI) system, developed for mining engineering students and mine and safety personnel to teach the complex interrelationships between a mine ventilation system and a mine fire. The system employs an artificial intelligence technique to increase students' involvement in the learning process of interrogation and confrontation. To deepen understanding of the problem, the author combined heuristic as well as algorithmic methods to simulate, diagnose, and explain certain fire situations. The CAI system extensively uses a mine fire simulator that enables real-time graphics animation of almost all the changes occurring in the ventilation network while under the influence of fire.