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This paper discusses the problem of Parthenium weed infestation in Queensland and describes P-Expert, an expert advisory system designed to provide expert knowledge in control and management strategies of Parthenium weed. P-Expert is fundamentally a hybrid fuzzy expert system incorporating technologies from fuzzy logic, relational database and multimedia systems. The primary topic of this paper will be a description of the framework of P-Expert, focussing on three main areas: (1) Layered component architecture — each component of the expert advisory system is designed as modules to facilitate maintenance, adaptability and flexibility, (2) Discourse semantics (explanatory capabilities) — provision for explanation and justifying outputs given by the expert advisory system, and (3) Meta-consequent — mapping final aggregated output from a fuzzy If-Then rule onto a finite database.
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Chiou, A., Yu, X., Lowry, J. (2002). P-Expert: A Prototype Expert Advisory System in the Management and Control of Parthenium Weed in Central Queensland. In: Dimitrov, V., Korotkich, V. (eds) Fuzzy Logic. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, vol 81. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-1806-2_23
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