Terrestrial Vegetation Management Expert System (ES) Prototype for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Terrestrial Vegetation Management Expert System (ES) Prototype for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

The tropical rainforest of Malaysia holds one of the richest flora in the world. The favourable climate has produced flora of amazing richness and variety. Terrestrial vegetation of tropical rainforests is an important feature of the environment. Plants play a major role in the environment. Conse...

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Main Author: Sehkaran, Vikneswaran Nair
Format: Thesis
Language:English
English
Published: 1998
Subjects:
Environmental impact analysis - Case studies
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10203/1/FK_1998_21_A.pdf
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spelling my-upm-ir.102032011-03-14T02:23:24Z Terrestrial Vegetation Management Expert System (ES) Prototype for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) 1998-05 Sehkaran, Vikneswaran Nair The tropical rainforest of Malaysia holds one of the richest flora in the world. The favourable climate has produced flora of amazing richness and variety. Terrestrial vegetation of tropical rainforests is an important feature of the environment. Plants play a major role in the environment. Conservation of a particular environment depends fundamentally on the maintenance of existing plants and their communities and hierarchies. Therefore, the application of a computer technology in the form of an expert system (ES) will be able to help in the analysis and management of the EIA information. The ES is named VEGEVIC. A rule-based system is developed to guide the user in producing an EIA report. Knowledge for this system is elicited from the domain expert through interviews, existing literature and EIA reports between 1995 and 1997. Application of the system will lead to greater consistency in producing a standard approach when preparing an EIA report. Environmental impact analysis - Case studies 1998-05 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10203/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10203/1/FK_1998_21_A.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Environmental impact analysis - Case studies Faculty of Engineering English
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Sehkaran, Vikneswaran Nair
Terrestrial Vegetation Management Expert System (ES) Prototype for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
description The tropical rainforest of Malaysia holds one of the richest flora in the world. The favourable climate has produced flora of amazing richness and variety. Terrestrial vegetation of tropical rainforests is an important feature of the environment. Plants play a major role in the environment. Conservation of a particular environment depends fundamentally on the maintenance of existing plants and their communities and hierarchies. Therefore, the application of a computer technology in the form of an expert system (ES) will be able to help in the analysis and management of the EIA information. The ES is named VEGEVIC. A rule-based system is developed to guide the user in producing an EIA report. Knowledge for this system is elicited from the domain expert through interviews, existing literature and EIA reports between 1995 and 1997. Application of the system will lead to greater consistency in producing a standard approach when preparing an EIA report.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Sehkaran, Vikneswaran Nair
author_facet Sehkaran, Vikneswaran Nair
author_sort Sehkaran, Vikneswaran Nair
title Terrestrial Vegetation Management Expert System (ES) Prototype for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
title_short Terrestrial Vegetation Management Expert System (ES) Prototype for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
title_full Terrestrial Vegetation Management Expert System (ES) Prototype for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
title_fullStr Terrestrial Vegetation Management Expert System (ES) Prototype for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
title_full_unstemmed Terrestrial Vegetation Management Expert System (ES) Prototype for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
title_sort terrestrial vegetation management expert system (es) prototype for environmental impact assessment (eia)
granting_institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
granting_department Faculty of Engineering
publishDate 1998
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10203/1/FK_1998_21_A.pdf
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