NDLI: Using expert systems technology to increase agriculture production and water conservation

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Mahmoud, M. Rafea, M. Rafea, A.
Copyright Year	2008
Description	Author affiliation: Central Lab. for Agric. Expert Syst., Agric. Res. Center (Rafea, M.) \|\| Comput. Sci. Dept., AUC (Rafea, A.) \|\| Fac. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Taibah Univ., Madinah (Mahmoud, M.)
Abstract	Although there are many developed expert systems in the world, little consideration has been given to the impacts resulting from their use. There is a difference between the developed expert systems in the laboratories for research and demonstration and the expert systems that can be applied in the fields. The applied expert systems must cover the end users requirements and meet some other evaluation criteria. ESs are evaluated both in the laboratory and in the fields. In the laboratory evaluation, there is an evaluation methodology to guarantee that the ES can be used in the field. The field evaluation is achieved by applying field experiments. Those field experiments showed that fields managed by the ES are better than the control fields. In this paper, the evaluation criteria that guarantee the success of ESs deployed in the fields are presented. These evaluation criteria have been applied on three ES applications, namely: CITEX for citrus cultivation, CUPTEX for cucumber cultivation under plastic tunnel, and NEPER for wheat cultivation. Expert systems potentially have several different types or categories of impact relative to the applied domain. The field experiments are used to evaluate the economical and environmental impacts of the ES. The economical impact includes the cost, profit, and yield. The environmental impact includes the effect of using the ES on water and soil conservation, and also on decreasing the amount of pesticides used in the fields.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	7
File Size	139152
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424429165
DOI	10.1109/ICDIM.2008.4746802
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2008-11-13
Publisher Place	UK
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Production systems Costs Environmental Impact Laboratories Artificial Intelligence Water conservation Electronic switching systems Environmental economics Expert System Soil Agriculture Plastics Expert systems
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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