Development and implementation of an expert system for insect-pests management in pulses

DEVRAJ DEVRAJ; RENU JAIN; VIKAS DEEP; SAKET MISHRA

doi:10.56093/ijas.v88i7.81584

Authors

DEVRAJ DEVRAJ Principal Scientist, Division of Social Sciences, IIPR, Kanpur
RENU JAIN Reader, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, UIET, CSJM University, Kanpur
VIKAS DEEP Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Pulses Reseach, Uttar Pradesh 208 024
SAKET MISHRA B.Tech Student, Department of Information Technology, ASET, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v88i7.81584

Keywords:

Automatic knowledge acquisition system, Confidence factor, Pictorial symptoms, Production rules, Reliability estimate, Textual symptoms

Abstract

The paper describes the development and implementation of an expert system for the management of insect-pests in pulse crops. System facilitates â€œfarmers/extension workersâ€ in diagnosing insect-pests of major pulse crops, viz. chickpea, pigeonpea, mungbean and urdbean (highly consumed pulse crops) and suggests the appropriate control measures. Knowledge acquisition system provides online interface to the domain experts for entering, storing and structuring the domain specific knowledge. The system holds an integrated knowledge base containing information for the diagnosing of 20 major insect-pests of pulses appearing right from seedling to maturity stage. The system provides user-friendly interface to users and asks the textual as well as pictographic symptoms in the form of multiplechoice questions. On the basis of answers, system diagnosis the pulse crop insect-pests along with its confidence
factor and suggests most appropriate treatments. The systemâ€™s performance was found good and comparison between recommendations of human experts and system itself showed 92% agreement.

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