An educational rule-based expert system to determine water quality for environmental engineering and biotechnology students

F. Montalvo-Ochoa; V. Robles-Bykbaev; P. Duque-Sarango; K. Gonzalez-Arias

doi:10.1109/EDUNINE48860.2020.9149502

An educational rule-based expert system to determine water quality for environmental engineering and biotechnology students

F. Montalvo-Ochoa, V. Robles-Bykbaev, P. Duque-Sarango, K. Gonzalez-Arias

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Abstract

According to the latest estimates of the World Health organization (WHO), 842000 people die each year from diarrhea as a result of unsafe drinking-water as well as the lack of sanitation and hand hygiene. Therefore, it is essential to develop skills to determine water quality according to local and international standards. This situation becomes a critic issue in students of environmental engineering and biotechnology careers. For these reasons, in this paper, we present an educational tool aimed at supporting the training process related to water quality determination and measurement in these students. Our system relies on a rules-based reasoning module and interactive web and mobile interfaces that provide several guidelines for students. We tested the tool with 37 students, and the obtained results show high levels of acceptance as well as an index of 0.87 on Cronbach's alpha.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	EDUNINE 2020 - 4th IEEE World Engineering Education Conference
Subtitle of host publication	The Challenges of Education in Engineering, Computing and Technology without Exclusions: Innovation in the Era of the Industrial Revolution 4.0, Proceedings
Editors	Claudio da Rocha da Rocha Brito, Melary M. Ciampi
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728166384
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUNINE48860.2020.9149502
State	Published - Mar 2020
Event	4th IEEE World Engineering Education Conference, EDUNINE 2020 - Bogota, Colombia Duration: 15 Mar 2020 → 18 Mar 2020

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Name	EDUNINE 2020 - 4th IEEE World Engineering Education Conference: The Challenges of Education in Engineering, Computing and Technology without Exclusions: Innovation in the Era of the Industrial Revolution 4.0, Proceedings

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Conference	4th IEEE World Engineering Education Conference, EDUNINE 2020
Country/Territory	Colombia
City	Bogota
Period	15/03/20 → 18/03/20

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Funding Information:
This work was funded by the Cátedra UNESCO Tecnologías de Apoyo para la Inclusión Educativa and the research project “Sistemas Inteligentes de Soporte a la Educación Especial (SINSAE v5)” of the Universidad Politécnica Salesiana.

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© 2020 IEEE.

Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Keywords

Biotechnology
Computer Sciences
Expert system
Higher education.
Water quality

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Montalvo-Ochoa, F., Robles-Bykbaev, V., Duque-Sarango, P., & Gonzalez-Arias, K. (2020). An educational rule-based expert system to determine water quality for environmental engineering and biotechnology students. In C. D. R. da Rocha Brito, & M. M. Ciampi (Eds.), EDUNINE 2020 - 4th IEEE World Engineering Education Conference: The Challenges of Education in Engineering, Computing and Technology without Exclusions: Innovation in the Era of the Industrial Revolution 4.0, Proceedings Article 9149502 (EDUNINE 2020 - 4th IEEE World Engineering Education Conference: The Challenges of Education in Engineering, Computing and Technology without Exclusions: Innovation in the Era of the Industrial Revolution 4.0, Proceedings). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUNINE48860.2020.9149502

Montalvo-Ochoa, F. ; Robles-Bykbaev, V. ; Duque-Sarango, P. et al. / An educational rule-based expert system to determine water quality for environmental engineering and biotechnology students. EDUNINE 2020 - 4th IEEE World Engineering Education Conference: The Challenges of Education in Engineering, Computing and Technology without Exclusions: Innovation in the Era of the Industrial Revolution 4.0, Proceedings. editor / Claudio da Rocha da Rocha Brito ; Melary M. Ciampi. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. (EDUNINE 2020 - 4th IEEE World Engineering Education Conference: The Challenges of Education in Engineering, Computing and Technology without Exclusions: Innovation in the Era of the Industrial Revolution 4.0, Proceedings).

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Montalvo-Ochoa, F , Robles-Bykbaev, V , Duque-Sarango, P & Gonzalez-Arias, K 2020, An educational rule-based expert system to determine water quality for environmental engineering and biotechnology students. in CDR da Rocha Brito & MM Ciampi (eds), EDUNINE 2020 - 4th IEEE World Engineering Education Conference: The Challenges of Education in Engineering, Computing and Technology without Exclusions: Innovation in the Era of the Industrial Revolution 4.0, Proceedings., 9149502, EDUNINE 2020 - 4th IEEE World Engineering Education Conference: The Challenges of Education in Engineering, Computing and Technology without Exclusions: Innovation in the Era of the Industrial Revolution 4.0, Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 4th IEEE World Engineering Education Conference, EDUNINE 2020, Bogota, Colombia, 15/03/20. https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUNINE48860.2020.9149502

An educational rule-based expert system to determine water quality for environmental engineering and biotechnology students. / Montalvo-Ochoa, F.; Robles-Bykbaev, V.; Duque-Sarango, P. et al.
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Montalvo-Ochoa F , Robles-Bykbaev V , Duque-Sarango P, Gonzalez-Arias K. An educational rule-based expert system to determine water quality for environmental engineering and biotechnology students. In da Rocha Brito CDR, Ciampi MM, editors, EDUNINE 2020 - 4th IEEE World Engineering Education Conference: The Challenges of Education in Engineering, Computing and Technology without Exclusions: Innovation in the Era of the Industrial Revolution 4.0, Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2020. 9149502. (EDUNINE 2020 - 4th IEEE World Engineering Education Conference: The Challenges of Education in Engineering, Computing and Technology without Exclusions: Innovation in the Era of the Industrial Revolution 4.0, Proceedings). doi: 10.1109/EDUNINE48860.2020.9149502

An educational rule-based expert system to determine water quality for environmental engineering and biotechnology students

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