Qpais: A web-based expert system for assisted identification of quarantine stored insect pests

Han Huang, Edwin G. Rajotte, Zhihong Li, Ke Chen, Shengfang Zhang

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Abstract

Stored insect pests can seriously depredate stored products causing worldwide economic losses. Pests enter countries traveling with transported goods. Inspection and Quarantine activities are essential to prevent the invasion and spread of pests. Identification of quarantine stored insect pests is an important component of the China’s Inspection and Quarantine procedure, and it is necessary not only to identify whether the species captured is an invasive species, but determine control procedures for stored insect pests. With the development of information technologies, many expert systems that aid in the identification of agricultural pests have been developed. Expert systems for the identification of quarantine stored insect pests are rare and are mainly developed for stand-alone PCs. This paper describes the development of a web-based expert system for identification of quarantine stored insect pests as part of the China 11th Five-Year National Scientific and Technological Support Project (115 Project). Based on user needs, textual knowledge and images were gathered from the literature and expert interviews. ASP.NET, C# and SQL language were used to program the system. Improvement of identification efficiency and flexibility was achieved using a new inference method called characteristic-select-based spatial distance method. The expert system can assist identifying 150 species of quarantine stored insect pests and provide detailed information for each species. The expert system has also been evaluated using two steps: system testing and identification testing. With a 85% rate of correct identification and high efficiency, the system evaluation shows that this expert system can be used in identification work of quarantine stored insect pests.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationComputer and Computing Technologies in Agriculture II - The 2nd IFIP International Conference on Computer and Computing Technologies in Agriculture, CCTA 2008
EditorsDaoliang Li, Chunjiang Zhao
PublisherSpringer New York LLC
Pages701-714
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)9781441902085
StatePublished - 2009
Event2nd IFIP International Conference on Computer and Computing Technologies in Agriculture, CCTA 2008 - Beijing, China
Duration: Oct 18 2008Oct 20 2008

Publication series

NameIFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Volume293
ISSN (Print)1868-4238

Conference

Conference2nd IFIP International Conference on Computer and Computing Technologies in Agriculture, CCTA 2008
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period10/18/0810/20/08

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Information Systems
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Information Systems and Management

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