An Educational Web-Based Expert System for Novice Highway Technology in Flexible Pavement Maintenance
Nowadays, higher education worldwide is affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It has affected students’ attendance in the universities and causes universities to close down in more than 190 countries. On the other hand, novice engineers studied only a few lectures related to highway engineering. Their...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Wiley
2021-01-01
|
| Series: | Complexity |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6669010 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1832560126772379648 |
|---|---|
| author | Abdalrhman Milad Nur Izzi Md. Yusoff Sayf A. Majeed Zainab Hasan Ali Mohmed Solla Nadhir Al-Ansari Riza Atiq Rahmat Zaher Mundher Yaseen |
| author_facet | Abdalrhman Milad Nur Izzi Md. Yusoff Sayf A. Majeed Zainab Hasan Ali Mohmed Solla Nadhir Al-Ansari Riza Atiq Rahmat Zaher Mundher Yaseen |
| author_sort | Abdalrhman Milad |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Nowadays, higher education worldwide is affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It has affected students’ attendance in the universities and causes universities to close down in more than 190 countries. On the other hand, novice engineers studied only a few lectures related to highway engineering. Their lectures have included very little knowledge about asphalt pavement construction as highway engineering consists of many areas that are not studied in detail during their studying years subject to their traditional education. Due to all mentioned, a new drive to promote online learning paves the way to evaluate our future approach to curriculum development and delivery of educational materials for engineering courses. However, experts can offer solutions to these problems using their past experience. Hence, a system that allows experts to share their experience with other engineers after completing a project is needed. Nevertheless, the web-based expert system for maintaining flexible pavement problems in tropical regions (ESTAMPSYS) designed in this study is a novel concept. Prior to developing this system, the need for such a system was determined through literature review and validated through a questionnaire survey. Experts were interviewed, and a questionnaire survey was conducted to construct the knowledge base of the system. Knowledge was presented as rules and coded in software through PHP programming. Web pages that support the user interface were designed using a framework that consists of CSS, HTML, and J-Query. Furthermore, the system was tested by an array of users engaged in highway engineering, namely, experts, teaching experts, novice engineers, and students. The mean values of the overall system evaluation performed by 20 users using a five-point Likert scale were 4, 4.5, 3.75, 4.25, 5, 4, and 3.5. Expert and user satisfaction prove the effectiveness of the proposed system. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-99c4a314e21a49acb5cfa9d1cf43004f |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 1076-2787 1099-0526 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2021-01-01 |
| publisher | Wiley |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Complexity |
| spelling | doaj-art-99c4a314e21a49acb5cfa9d1cf43004f2025-02-03T01:28:23ZengWileyComplexity1076-27871099-05262021-01-01202110.1155/2021/66690106669010An Educational Web-Based Expert System for Novice Highway Technology in Flexible Pavement MaintenanceAbdalrhman Milad0Nur Izzi Md. Yusoff1Sayf A. Majeed2Zainab Hasan Ali3Mohmed Solla4Nadhir Al-Ansari5Riza Atiq Rahmat6Zaher Mundher Yaseen7Department of Civil Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, MalaysiaDepartment of Civil Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, MalaysiaTechnical Computer Engineering, Al-Hadba University College, Mosul 41001, IraqCollege of Engineering: Civil Engineering Department, University of Diyala, Baqubah, IraqTechnical Computer Research and Development Department, Microcorp Sdn Bhd, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaCivil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Lulea University of Technology, Lulea 97187, SwedenDepartment of Civil Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, MalaysiaInstitute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Da Nang 550000, VietnamNowadays, higher education worldwide is affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It has affected students’ attendance in the universities and causes universities to close down in more than 190 countries. On the other hand, novice engineers studied only a few lectures related to highway engineering. Their lectures have included very little knowledge about asphalt pavement construction as highway engineering consists of many areas that are not studied in detail during their studying years subject to their traditional education. Due to all mentioned, a new drive to promote online learning paves the way to evaluate our future approach to curriculum development and delivery of educational materials for engineering courses. However, experts can offer solutions to these problems using their past experience. Hence, a system that allows experts to share their experience with other engineers after completing a project is needed. Nevertheless, the web-based expert system for maintaining flexible pavement problems in tropical regions (ESTAMPSYS) designed in this study is a novel concept. Prior to developing this system, the need for such a system was determined through literature review and validated through a questionnaire survey. Experts were interviewed, and a questionnaire survey was conducted to construct the knowledge base of the system. Knowledge was presented as rules and coded in software through PHP programming. Web pages that support the user interface were designed using a framework that consists of CSS, HTML, and J-Query. Furthermore, the system was tested by an array of users engaged in highway engineering, namely, experts, teaching experts, novice engineers, and students. The mean values of the overall system evaluation performed by 20 users using a five-point Likert scale were 4, 4.5, 3.75, 4.25, 5, 4, and 3.5. Expert and user satisfaction prove the effectiveness of the proposed system.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6669010 |
| spellingShingle | Abdalrhman Milad Nur Izzi Md. Yusoff Sayf A. Majeed Zainab Hasan Ali Mohmed Solla Nadhir Al-Ansari Riza Atiq Rahmat Zaher Mundher Yaseen An Educational Web-Based Expert System for Novice Highway Technology in Flexible Pavement Maintenance Complexity |
| title | An Educational Web-Based Expert System for Novice Highway Technology in Flexible Pavement Maintenance |
| title_full | An Educational Web-Based Expert System for Novice Highway Technology in Flexible Pavement Maintenance |
| title_fullStr | An Educational Web-Based Expert System for Novice Highway Technology in Flexible Pavement Maintenance |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Educational Web-Based Expert System for Novice Highway Technology in Flexible Pavement Maintenance |
| title_short | An Educational Web-Based Expert System for Novice Highway Technology in Flexible Pavement Maintenance |
| title_sort | educational web based expert system for novice highway technology in flexible pavement maintenance |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6669010 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT abdalrhmanmilad aneducationalwebbasedexpertsystemfornovicehighwaytechnologyinflexiblepavementmaintenance AT nurizzimdyusoff aneducationalwebbasedexpertsystemfornovicehighwaytechnologyinflexiblepavementmaintenance AT sayfamajeed aneducationalwebbasedexpertsystemfornovicehighwaytechnologyinflexiblepavementmaintenance AT zainabhasanali aneducationalwebbasedexpertsystemfornovicehighwaytechnologyinflexiblepavementmaintenance AT mohmedsolla aneducationalwebbasedexpertsystemfornovicehighwaytechnologyinflexiblepavementmaintenance AT nadhiralansari aneducationalwebbasedexpertsystemfornovicehighwaytechnologyinflexiblepavementmaintenance AT rizaatiqrahmat aneducationalwebbasedexpertsystemfornovicehighwaytechnologyinflexiblepavementmaintenance AT zahermundheryaseen aneducationalwebbasedexpertsystemfornovicehighwaytechnologyinflexiblepavementmaintenance AT abdalrhmanmilad educationalwebbasedexpertsystemfornovicehighwaytechnologyinflexiblepavementmaintenance AT nurizzimdyusoff educationalwebbasedexpertsystemfornovicehighwaytechnologyinflexiblepavementmaintenance AT sayfamajeed educationalwebbasedexpertsystemfornovicehighwaytechnologyinflexiblepavementmaintenance AT zainabhasanali educationalwebbasedexpertsystemfornovicehighwaytechnologyinflexiblepavementmaintenance AT mohmedsolla educationalwebbasedexpertsystemfornovicehighwaytechnologyinflexiblepavementmaintenance AT nadhiralansari educationalwebbasedexpertsystemfornovicehighwaytechnologyinflexiblepavementmaintenance AT rizaatiqrahmat educationalwebbasedexpertsystemfornovicehighwaytechnologyinflexiblepavementmaintenance AT zahermundheryaseen educationalwebbasedexpertsystemfornovicehighwaytechnologyinflexiblepavementmaintenance |