Co-Authors:
Broner, I., Department of Agricultural and Chemical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, United States
King, J.P., Department of Agricultural and Chemical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, United States
Nevo, A., Department of Agricultural and Chemical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, United States
Abstract:
This paper gives a general discussion of knowledge acquisition and formalization using structured induction, and illustrates the application of induction with an example. The example is taken from actual work on a knowledge based system for malting barley crop management, where the ID3 algorithm was used to derive rules and generate a decision tree to make the irrigation decision. The objective of the paper is to give the reader a working understanding of the principles of induction and the mechanics of the ID3 algorithm. © 1990.