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An Expert Loading System is an advisory system that produces a cargo allocation plan and a plan of operations for charging-discharging cargoes at each port of call. This paper proposes a framework for developing Expert Loading Systems for chemical product carriers. The paper follows a stratified approach describing such a system at the knowledge level, identifying the kinds of knowledge that it...