Author(s)

A. Capra & B. Scicolone

Abstract

An expert system for micro-irrigation system design A. capral & B. scicolone2 I Department of Agri-forestry and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, Reggio Calabria Mediterranean University, Italy 2 Agronomist consultant, Catania, Italy Abstract System design is one of the most important factors to obtain the full potential of a micro-irrigation system. Micro-irrigation system design is based on a large number of theoretical, rational and empirical relationships and is a time-demanding job. An expert system would be of great help by supplying designers with various levels of experience with a knowledge base. In this paper we examine the criteria involved in implementing an expert system to be used in micro-irrigation system design and present the designing procedure in a format of rules or mathematical models so that it can be programmed in an expert system. The expert system proposed comprises three modules: emitter characteristics, sub-unit characteristics, and distribution pipe sizing a

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