Expert Systems Overview¶

Expert system configurations for NEXUS IC are managed by subject matter experts within Wood and are maintained to the latest standards/codes and/or best industry practice.

Expert systems configurations are essentially predefined database configurations, which any NEXUS IC client can subscribe to. When you elect to subscribe to an expert system configuration, the asset types, asset information groups, risk models, event definitions and associated outputs of the expert system (reports, charts, traffic lights and dashboards) are added to your database.

Getting Started¶

When you create your database with the help of expert systems, you do not have to start from scratch. Expert systems provide the most common configurations that you can use as a basis for your client-specific configurations, which can significantly reduce the time and effort that you must invest in setting up your database. If you use expert systems, the process of creating your database will be as simple as shown in the figure below:

Keep Your Database Up-to-Date¶

Expert systems are live, that is, Wood regularly maintains and updates them in line with the evolution of relevant codes, standards and industry best practices.

Changes are managed by Wood and distributed to all NEXUS users that subscribe to the expert system. Updates are synchronised with minimal operations downtime and do not require a software upgrade. Updates do not overwrite the client-specific configurations that you have added to the expert system configurations.

Extend Your Portfolio¶

You can add further expert system configurations to your portfolio any time. There is no limit to the number of expert system configurations you can subscribe to. Subscribing to each expert system builds a seamless single database.

Expert Systems Overview¶

Getting Started¶

Keep Your Database Up-to-Date¶

Extend Your Portfolio¶

Expert Systems Hierarchy¶