Expert systems in agriculture

1. EXPERT SYSTEMS IN AGRICULTURE
By
Maryam Hazman, PhD
Deputy Director
Central Laboratory of Agricultural Expert System, ARC
Scientific Research Group in Egypt



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2. Scientific Research Group in Egypt
www.egyptscience.net

3. Agenda
Artificial Intelligence
Expert System
Diagnostic Expert System
Expert System in Agriculture
Expert System Application
Decision Support Tool
Community Knowledge Share Tool
Automatic Control
Conclusion


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4. Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the
study of how computers can
simulate, to some extent, human
activities such as thinking,
perceiving, learning and acting.
AI systems are designed to
mimic the human capabilities of
thinking and sensing.

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5. Expert System
Expert system (ES) is a branch of Artificial
Intelligence that uses knowledge and
problem solving techniques.

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6. Expert System is
designed to hold the
accumulated knowledge
of one or more domain
experts. It simulates the
problem solving
behavior of an expert in
a narrow domain

Expert System
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7. Diagnostic Expert System
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8. Diagnostic Expert System
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9. Diagnostic Expert System
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10. Diagnostic Expert System
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11. Diagnostic Expert System

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12. Expert Systems in Agriculture
Expert systems can be used as an effective tool
for knowledge documentation, transfer and
sharing.
Gap of knowledge between researchers and
academics and extension or field workers or
growers.
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13. Expert System Application
 Decision support tool.
 Community knowledge share tool.
 Automatic control.
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14. Decision Support Tool
 Plant Farm Management:
 Varity selection
 Agricultural Practices: Land Preparation, Planting, Plant
Care, Fertilization, Irrigation, Harvest
 Animal Farm Management:
 Caring, Feeding
 Diagnosis and Treatment (Plant, Animal)

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15. Barely Varity Selection
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16. Wheat Fertilization

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17. Wheat Irrigation
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18. Poultry Caring

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19. Rice Treatment
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20. Community Knowledge Share Tool
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21. Community Knowledge Share Tool
Each expert builds his/her own system.
Diagnosis specific disorders group.
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22. Community Knowledge Share Tool

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23. Automatic Control
Develop machine that eliminate red palm weevil
based on expert systems technology.
Control irrigation using an embedded expert
system.

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24. Expert systems overcomes the aforementioned
problems:
 Integration of knowledge and experiences of different
specialties.
 Integration of information sources such as images, videos.
 The undocumented experience and knowledge.
 The lack of experts to support agricultural growers .
 Updating information (pesticides).

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25. Conclusion
Expert System can
Use as a tool for organizing researchers knowledge.
Use as a knowledge transfer and sharing tool.
Use as a training tool.
Use as a Decision support tool for assisting extension
officers and growers in their job.
Allow environmentally and socially complementary control
to be used in production agriculture


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