Expert system for the integrated management of a power utility'scommunication system

In this paper we present a rule-based expert system applied to the fault diagnosis in the communication system of a power utility. The expert system is part of the system devoted to the management of a power utility's communication system, that we called NOMOS. NOMOS manages the communication systems of Sevillana de Electricidad and Union Electrica Fenosa (two major Spanish power utilities)