Hybrid analytic/rule‐based expert system for channel covering decision support
Aytaç Güven, Önder Ökmen · Irrigation and Drainage · 2010
Abstract Expert systems are intelligent tools that serve as support in decision‐making processes. This study presents a new expert system for channel covering decision support with the aid of high‐level computer language, which combines knowledge‐ and rule‐based programming techniques. The proposed expert system has been called the “Channel Covering Decision Support Expert System” and abbreviated as “CCES”. CCES helps the user when deciding whether covering (lining) is necessary in rivers or open drainage channels, and it finds out whether or not the properties of the covering material types offered by the user are sufficient in case coverage is required. Furthermore, CCES offers the most appropriate covering type from the covering type database built by the user by taking technical and economical considerations into account. In the paper, the applicability of CCES has also been validated by a case study related to an irrigation project carried out in Turkey. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.