In order to cope with the challenges of the ever growing world market on Information Technology, the European Commission launched the ESPRIT programme. Within the framework of this ambitious project, our research group developed the expert system Prime which deals with material selection and corrosion prevention. This topic plays an ever increasingly important role in all major industrial branches. The application of Artificial Intelligence and the latest expert system software tools, will lead to the construction of a highly versatile and powerful aid for both material and corrosion specialists and design engineers who frequently need this kind of expertise.

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