EstimatER setup version 1.0 from 12.03.2001 (1.643 MB)
A family of process specific expert systems, that contain all necessary information on emission factors and emission estimation methods needed to make a quality assured and quality controlled estimate for all relevant emissions.
EstimatER user guide from 14.03.2001 (238 KB)
EstimatER.exe (executable task), EstimatER_man.html (online help), Readme.txt (installation and version notes), CRF_V1_01.xls template file for CRF report, EB_to_CRF.xlt template file for energy balance data import, agriculture.elf knowledge library file for agriculture model, reference_approach.elf knowledge library file for reference approach model, agriculture.crf file containing CRF transfer rules for agriculture, reference_approach.elf file containing CRF transfer rules for reference approach, and the ".\Datafiles" directory where the energy balance tables for the EU countries year 1998 are stored.
Detailed description of the backgrounds, installation and usage of the software tool.
The EstimatER's are a family of process specific expert systems, that contain all necessary information on emission factors and emission estimation methods needed to make a quality assured and quality controlled estimate for all relevant emissions. The basic idea of the EstimatERs is to develop a generic tool, which uses source specific libraries as the source of knowledge on emission estimation methods. The difference between EstimatERs for different sources than only is that such EstimatERs use different libraries. In EstimatER this knowledge is derived from available emission estimation methods in the UNECE / CORINAIR Guidebook and the 1996 IPCC revised Guidelines. These references provide the algorithms and default values for both emission factors and, if necessary, other parameters in the estimation algorithms. In addition default activity rates are needed. The application is designed such that it could run in two distinct modes: