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Automation of the Expertise of the

The biggest problem faced by the specialists in the field of cultural heritage is the identification of the original elements for their separation from the large mass of the mosaic components that come from completions of the different restoration works. This chapter deals with analytical models for statistical evaluation of the morphological and chromatic characteristics that represent suitable metrics for making decisions in the field of cultural heritage. A classifier model based on fuzzy logical inference, which integrates discrete and statistical characteristics of the mosaic components, is presented. The classification will be done in a space of conventional measures (metrics) for identifying and separating the mosaic components. The exemplification of the method is made on the Roman Mosaic of Constanta, a historical monument that is currently in an advanced stage of deterioration and which requires urgent restoration-conservation interventions. This artifact dates from the third or fourth century, (possibly under the emperor Constantine the Great, 306–337); it is a pavement that has decorative elements specific to this marine area, part of a large construction that took place, in antiquity on three

Roman Mosaic Arts in Constanta:

Analytical and Statistical Models

for a Fuzzy Inference-Based

terraces, located on the Black Sea on the docks of the old Port Tomis.

**Keywords:** automatic reasoning, expertise, mosaic artifacts, artificial intelligence

The mosaic represents a category of monumental art in which the decorative technique of assembling small pieces of ceramic materials, glass, natural stone, etc. is used by gluing them together with a suitable adhesive. The mosaic has a strong visual effect of esthetic nature and is characterized by a high resistance to wear and moisture. Thus, mosaics are an artifact commonly found in archeology specific to many cultures and civilizations since ancient times. As a decorative art and for monumental design, the mosaic technique is also present in the modern and con-

The mosaic is a component of the tangible immovable cultural heritage when it

is found as a work of decorative art within monuments or archeological sites.

*Silviu Ioniță and Daniela Ţurcanu-Caruțiu*
