Expert system for cucumber disease and physiological disorders

  • Cho, Seong-In (Department of Agricultural Engineering Seoul National University) ;
  • Park, Eun-Woo (Department of Agricultural Biology Seoul National University) ;
  • Bae, Young-Min (Department of Agricultural Engineering Seoul National University)
  • Published : 1996.06.01

Abstract

An expert system for cucumber disease and nutritional disorders(ESCD) was developed using HCLIPS in which several interface programs were added to CLIPS developed in NASA. The knowledges for constructing knowledge base was obtained from interviews with farmers, agrochemical vendors and employees of agrochemical company. The ESCD is able to diagnose eleven diseases and twelve nutritional disorders which farmers, agrochemical vendors and employees of agrochemical company. The ESCD is able to diagnose eleven diseases and twelve nutritional disorders which could frequently found in fields and greenhouses. Validation of ESCD by twenty -four experts proved a possibility of its practical use for diagnosing cucumber diseases and nutritional disorders in the future.

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