A hybrid case based reasoning approach for monitoring water quality

Abstract

There is a growing concern with the impact of human intervention in the environment. The impact on the environment of toxic waste, from a wide variety of manufacturing processes, is well known. More recently, however, it has become clear that the more subtle effects of nutrient level and chemical balance changes arising from farming land run-off and sewage water treatment also have a serious, but indirect, effect on the states of rivers, lakes and even the sea. This paper investigates the use of a hybrid Case Based Reasoning system for monitoring water quality based on chemical parameters and algae population.