Erosion Expert System for Environmental Impact Assessment
Soil Erosion is one of the most important natural resources management problems in the world. It is a primary source of sediment that pollutes streams and fills reservoirs. Development especially in hilly terrain will significantly increase this process and cause adverse impact to the local and r...
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| Language: | English English |
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1998
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10202/1/FK_1998_20_A.pdf |
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| Summary: | Soil Erosion is one of the most important natural resources management problems in
the world. It is a primary source of sediment that pollutes streams and fills
reservoirs. Development especially in hilly terrain will significantly increase this
process and cause adverse impact to the local and regional environment. The main
purpose of the Erosion Expert System (EES) being developed was to help EIA
consultants in preparing the Erosion part of EIA reports besides providing relevant
information on erosion. Computer programs developed can help in information
retrieval and decision support when dealing with erosion control. The rule-bases of
the system was developed using CLIPS version 6.04, an Expert System Shell which
was designed by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). The
Graphic User Interface (GUI) for the system was designed by using Visual Basic 5. Results show that Knowledge-based system would be useful especially if the
domain knowledge is systematic. The advantage of Knowledge-based system is that
it leads to a greater degree of unification in preparing EIA reports but it should be
used only as an alternative source of knowledge since human specialist would be a
preferred approach in environmental planning. |
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