Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

An expert system for assessing safety and security of heterogeneous public water sources

  • Published:
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

We have implemented a diagnostic system designed to advise on the likely causes of sanitary problems with public water sources. The approach to the problem makes extensive use of rule based expert systems and multi media information (maps, data, text, expert knowledge). The rules were based on actual water survey data, with a weighting scheme designed to highlight causes of health risks approximately in reverse order of importance (where such order may be presumed to exist). Out put is a vailable in one of several languages.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • BuchananB. G. and ShortliffeE. H. (eds.): 1984, Rule-Based Expert Systems: The MYCIN Experiments of the stanford Heuristic Programming Project. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA.

    Google Scholar 

  • HarmonP. and KingD.: 1985, Expert Systems, John Wiley & Sons, New York.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lam, D. C. L., Swayne, D. A., and Storey, J.: 1990, ‘An Introduction to the RAISON System’, in: The Use of Simple Inexpensive Microbial Water Quality Tests: Results of a Three Continent, Eight Country Research Project, IDRC-MR247e, B. J. Dutka and A. H. El-Shaarawi (eds.), pp. 144–155.

  • McDermottJ.: 1982, ‘R1: A rule-based configurer of computer systems’, Artificial Intelligence, 19, 39–88.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • SwayneD. A., StoreyJ., FraserA. S. and LamD. C. L.: 1989 ‘A Microcomputer-Based System for Environmental Modeling’, Microcomputer Applications 8 (2), 35–38.

    Google Scholar 

  • Tong, S. L., Wang, C. W., Chin, S. T., Loh, C. L., Lim, C. K., and Ho, P. Y. C.: 1990, ‘RAISON-MALAYSIA: A User-Friendly Package for Water Quality Data management’, In: The Use of Simple, Inexpensive Microbial Water Quality Tests: Results of a Three Continent, Eight Country Research Project, IDRC-MR247e, B. J. Dutka and A. H. El-Shaarawi (eds.), pp. 156–183.

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. University of Guelph, N1G 2W1, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

    D. A. Swayne & Jane Kerby

  2. ES Aquatic Inc., Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

    D. A. Swayne & John Storey

  3. Universiti Malaya, 59100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    C. W. Wang

  4. National Water Research Institute, L7R 4A6, Burlington, Ontario, Canada

    D. C. L. Lam

Authors
  1. D. A. Swayne
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. C. W. Wang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. John Storey
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. D. C. L. Lam
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Jane Kerby
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Swayne, D.A., Wang, C.W., Storey, J. et al. An expert system for assessing safety and security of heterogeneous public water sources. Environ Monit Assess 23, 57–70 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00406952

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00406952

Keywords

Search

Navigation