Development of an Expert System for Environmental Management Planning: Soil and Water Conservation

A computer-based expert system, EMP-Ex, has been developed for environmental management planning with regard to soil and water conservation, particularly during earthwork activities of development projects. It is a rule based expert system programmed in wxCLIPS 1.62. The EMP-Ex is able to predict so...

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Main Author: Pruangka, Suttipong
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Language:English
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Published: 2000
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Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10667/1/FK_2000_49.pdf
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spelling my-upm-ir.106672024-05-08T02:04:53Z Development of an Expert System for Environmental Management Planning: Soil and Water Conservation 2000-12 Pruangka, Suttipong A computer-based expert system, EMP-Ex, has been developed for environmental management planning with regard to soil and water conservation, particularly during earthwork activities of development projects. It is a rule based expert system programmed in wxCLIPS 1.62. The EMP-Ex is able to predict soil erosion rate and peak runoff caused by development activities and then recommends suitable strategies for conserving soil and water resources, monitoring the effectiveness of mitigation measures and water quality. The system provides users a checklist of required items and suggestions for steps to be taken in the preparation of Environmental Management Plan (EMP) including planning for emergencies and in the production of an EMP report. The system's knowledge base comprises descriptive and prescriptive knowledge elicited from domain experts and additional supporting information acquired from literature. The domain knowledge was incorporated into the system in the form of production rules that can be updated and referred to through the system. EMP-Ex has been verified and validated to evaluate system capabilities by wxCLIPS facilities, face validation, Turing test, and field study. The results show that EMP-Ex is able to function as good as human experts with a ninety-five percent of confidence level. Through interfacing with other external programmes (e.g. AutoCAD, IDRISI, Microsoft Office, Netscape Navigator etc.), the system extends its capability in sharing and storing raw knowledge and external databases for further reference or updating and provides users the convenience in using additional facilities of the external programmes interfaced. By automating EMP processes, not only can EMP-Ex help EMP planners to improve the quality and the quantity of work, but it can also assist the authorised agencies such as the Department of Environment (DOE) in auditing and revising the plans, especially in the situation of insufficient human experts. Water conservation Soil conservation 2000-12 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10667/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10667/1/FK_2000_49.pdf text en public doctoral Universiti Putra Malaysia Water conservation Soil conservation Faculty of Engineering Daud, Mohamed English
institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
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language English
English
advisor Daud, Mohamed
topic Water conservation
Soil conservation

spellingShingle Water conservation
Soil conservation

Pruangka, Suttipong
Development of an Expert System for Environmental Management Planning: Soil and Water Conservation
description A computer-based expert system, EMP-Ex, has been developed for environmental management planning with regard to soil and water conservation, particularly during earthwork activities of development projects. It is a rule based expert system programmed in wxCLIPS 1.62. The EMP-Ex is able to predict soil erosion rate and peak runoff caused by development activities and then recommends suitable strategies for conserving soil and water resources, monitoring the effectiveness of mitigation measures and water quality. The system provides users a checklist of required items and suggestions for steps to be taken in the preparation of Environmental Management Plan (EMP) including planning for emergencies and in the production of an EMP report. The system's knowledge base comprises descriptive and prescriptive knowledge elicited from domain experts and additional supporting information acquired from literature. The domain knowledge was incorporated into the system in the form of production rules that can be updated and referred to through the system. EMP-Ex has been verified and validated to evaluate system capabilities by wxCLIPS facilities, face validation, Turing test, and field study. The results show that EMP-Ex is able to function as good as human experts with a ninety-five percent of confidence level. Through interfacing with other external programmes (e.g. AutoCAD, IDRISI, Microsoft Office, Netscape Navigator etc.), the system extends its capability in sharing and storing raw knowledge and external databases for further reference or updating and provides users the convenience in using additional facilities of the external programmes interfaced. By automating EMP processes, not only can EMP-Ex help EMP planners to improve the quality and the quantity of work, but it can also assist the authorised agencies such as the Department of Environment (DOE) in auditing and revising the plans, especially in the situation of insufficient human experts.
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author Pruangka, Suttipong
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title Development of an Expert System for Environmental Management Planning: Soil and Water Conservation
title_short Development of an Expert System for Environmental Management Planning: Soil and Water Conservation
title_full Development of an Expert System for Environmental Management Planning: Soil and Water Conservation
title_fullStr Development of an Expert System for Environmental Management Planning: Soil and Water Conservation
title_full_unstemmed Development of an Expert System for Environmental Management Planning: Soil and Water Conservation
title_sort development of an expert system for environmental management planning: soil and water conservation
granting_institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
granting_department Faculty of Engineering
publishDate 2000
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10667/1/FK_2000_49.pdf
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