美国农业部农业研究服务局（ARS）为其研究温室使用标准化设计，以便（1）为温室设计提供数据库和一致的分析方法；（2） tim#设计可变性，从而减少温室设计相关的成本和时间；（3） 加强对最终产品质量的控制；（4）提供一个既能响应当前研究需求，又能适应未来研究目标所需变化的构建环境。设计是通过组装标准系统和组件开发的。开发了一个专家系统，以帮助ARS科学家制定适合美国各地ARS中心遇到的特定研究、经济和气候条件的建筑方案。专家系统访问建筑、工程和启发式规则的知识库，并使用多个- 属性分析技术，用于权衡决策过程中的竞争目标。首先，专家系统将科学家的研究需求转化为温室的功能需求。根据这些功能要求，提出了使用特定温室系统、子系统和组件以及实施特定操作策略的建议。本文介绍了专家系统的开发过程，并给出了一个应用实例。引用:研讨会，ASHRAE Trans。，第95卷，第。2.

The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture uses standardized designs for its research greenhouses in order to (1) provide a data base on and a consistent analytical approach to greenhouse design; (2) tim# design variability and therefore reduce costs and time associated with greenhouse design; (3) increase control of the quality of the final product; and (4) provide a built environment that both responds to current research needs and can accommodate changes required by future research objectives The designs are developed by assembling standard systems and components. An expert system was developed to assist the ARS scientists in formulating building programs that are appropriate for particular research, economic, and climatic conditions encountered at ARS centers across the U.S. The expert system accesses a knowledge base of architecture, engineering, and heuristic rules and uses a multiple-attribute analytical technique to weigh competing objectives in the decision making process. First, the expert system translates the research needs of the scientists into functional requirements for the greenhouse. Based on those functional requirements, recommendations are made for the use of specific greenhouse systems, subsystems, and components and for implementation of specific operation strategies. This paper describes the development of the expert system and demonstrates an application.