Possibility of application of intelligent systems for selection of mining method 
In the paper are given the authors research results about appli-cation of intelligent systems for decision making process in operation of mining method selection. Obtained system prototype enables efficient choice of mining me-thods and withal makes their rating based on attained level of methods applicability. Nevertheless, it is very important to form the knowledge base, which contains necessity volume of knowledge for decision making process in operation of mining method selection. According to that, knowledge base is very important component of system and its characteristics have an important role in reliability of system.
