The purposes of accident reconstruction are (1) to identify the pre-impact behaviour, and (2) to portray the entire process, of collisions, which are essential to the liability assessment and cause analysis of accidents. The credibility of reconstruction results depends heavily on experts' knowledge and skills in performing the task, with the constraints of available at-scene data. Nevertheless, the scarcity of real experts and, often, time constraints have made the reconstruction task even more difficult than expected. This is particularly true in Taiwan, even the so-called multi-disciplinary Accident Liability Assessment Committees are formed, at terms, by government officials and scholars in related fields. For solving these problems, research is being conducted to establish an expert system for accident reconstruction. The unique features of this system include reproduction of the accident scene, a knowledge base, and a complete inverse / simulation model.
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