1998 Volume 1 Issue 1 Pages 002-013
Traffic-related air pollution has been worsening rapidly in many metropolises of developing countries. The main issue is to develop and implement a set of effective and comprehensive countermeasures as a matter of urgency in those cities where even the experts do not have enough knowledge and experiences to examine the complex relationships of causes and results of phenomena. To help solve this problem, an expert system is developed in this study using an analogy to the medical health check process whereby a city is regarded as a patient. Experiences of developed countries and some technical knowledge are systematically integrated in the system to give diagnosis and prescriptions. A user-friendly GUI is also used to easily handle the processes required. This system will help traffic and environmental officers in developing countries understand the comprehensive situation and establish most appropriate countermeasures for their cities.
