| Author | Srinivasan, Raghavan |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. AE-89-61 |
| Subject(s) | Irrigation--Management
Expert systems (Computer science)
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree
of Master of Engineering, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | The advances in micro-computer technology has made expert systems receive
much attention in research, professional work and many fields of technology.
In this study, an expert system 11ESIM11 (Expert System For Irrigation Management)
has been developed for making decision on water management in an irrigation
project. A general strategy for development and application of expert systems
has been proposed. Since an expert system shell 11EXSYS11 has been used as a
development tool, the study focuses on knowledge engineering which mainly
involves knowledge acquisition, system design, implementation and evaluation.
In an irrigation management problem, expert decisions are to be taken at
various levels for assessment of water availability and requirements, in proposing
a type of water scheduling and on deriving an actual operational policy for
various crop scenarios. The work also involves developing data bases, and
external computer programs for numerical processing. Based on the statistical
analysis of streamflow, a new type of index called 11 Probabilistic Scheduling
Index 11 has been proposed in this thesis. The expert decision on a particular
type of scheduling (Fixed/ Arranged/Demand) is based on this index together
with other site specific conditions. The software developed is interactive and
has been made user friendly.
The expert system "ESIM" has been evaluated by applying it to the irrigation
management problem of Mae-Taeng Irrigation Project situated in northern
Thailand. The output of the expert system has been found to be reasonable
and practically useful results were obtained so as to aid in improved water
management decision making at the project. |
| Year | 1989 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development |
| Department | Department of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (Former title: Department of Food Agriculture, and BioResources (DFAB)) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Agricultural and Food Engineering (AE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Paudyal, Guna N. ;Murty, V.V.N
; |
| Examination Committee(s) | ;Loof, Rainer ;Sadananda, Ramakoti ; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | The Government of New Zealand. ; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1989 |
