Prototype Development of Knowledge Based Expert System for Groundwater Lowering Method

The purpose of this project is to find the best method among all the methods use
nowadays for ground water lowering process by using Knowledge Based Expert System.
At first, studies about expert system and the domain which is ground water lowering
methods need to be done before all the information about the domains can be
programmed into the expert system tool. For this expert system project, the tool or
software that is going to be use is CLIPS which is stand for C Language Integrated
Production System. A CLIPS ,is a productive development and delivery expert system
tool that provides a complete environment for the construction of rules and object based
expert system. Further studies and familiarizing process on CLIPS tool and it's coding
and also development of the rules will be done after preparing the input file and
information of the various methods in ground water lowering process. Since expert
system and CLIPS tool are something quite new to student here, this project is very
suitable to expose students to this field. The first part of the project is to search and
collect all the information related to the expert system and CLIPS and prepare the input
data about ground water lowering methods. The information of the domain will include
types of ground water lowering method, the soil condition that suitable for each method,
type of structure that are going. to be constructed, the effectiveness of each method and
the environmental condition. After preparing the information, the next step is to represent
the knowledge by using tree method or flow chart to identify the characteristic, types and
effectiveness of all information. After that, need to develop the rules of the information
before program it into a CLIPS. After complete develop the rules, key in all the
information by using specific coding and programming language into CLIPS. Final step
is the process of ruuning, checking and correcting of the program. The project is endured
by planning the work to be done, doing research on the topic and carry out the project
work by using the tools and software.