Development of a case-based system for the supervision of an activated sludge process.

Abstract:

:The development of a case-based reasoning system for the supervision of an activated sludge process is presented here. The methodology proposed permits the use of past experiences to solve new problems that arise in the process. These experiences are classified as cases or situations. The adaptation of cases and the generation of new cases are used to tune the response of the system and to learn from the new information generated by the process. The case and the case library definition, the initial seed, the search and retrieval process, the adaptation, the action, the evaluation and the learning steps are presented and outlined. The process studied is the wastewater treatment plant of Girona, Spain. Two examples of the response of the system to two different operational situations are presented. The paper also outlines the integration of different fields in a multidisciplinary approach as the most optimal solution to ensure the successful control and supervision of complex processes like the activated sludge process. With this aim the integration of an array of specific supervisory intelligent systems (for the logical analysis and reasoning) and numerical computations for detailed engineering is suggested.

journal_name

Environ Technol

journal_title

Environmental technology

authors

Roda IR,Sànchez-Marrè M,Comas J,Cortes U,Poch M

doi

10.1080/09593332208618277

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-04-01 00:00:00

pages

477-86

issue

4

eissn

0959-3330

issn

1479-487X

journal_volume

22

pub_type

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