• DocumentCode
    507147
  • Title

    Hajj-QAES: A Knowledge-Based Expert System to Support Hajj Pilgrims in Decision Making

  • Author

    Sulaiman, Shahida ; Mohamed, Hasimah ; Arshad, Muhammad Rafie Mohd ; Rashid, Nur Aini Abdul ; Yusof, Umi Kalsom

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Comput. Sci., Univ. Sains Malaysia, Minden, Malaysia
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    13-15 Nov. 2009
  • Firstpage
    442
  • Lastpage
    446
  • Abstract
    Most Muslim countries provide trainings to their pilgrims before departing for Mecca in order to assist them in achieving a perfect or mabrur hajj. However they probably encounter hajj related problems that require them to make immediate decisions especially while performing hajj. In such situations they may refer to hajj guide books or their fellow pilgrims. Besides, they may need to refer to hajj experts in the decision making process pertaining to more complex problems. Nevertheless, experts may not be around all the time especially while performing hajj rituals. We propose a knowledge-based approach that can capture possible problems and solutions from the experts in a prototype known as hajj Q&A expert system or Hajj-QAES. It provides an interface that enables experts to capture both simple and advanced questions. Thus, we anticipate Hajj-QAES can support pilgrims both in learning process and most importantly while performing hajj in Mecca. Such systems would be more accessible should it be installed in handheld devices such as a hand phone or a personal digital assistant (PDA).
  • Keywords
    expert systems; information retrieval; mobile computing; notebook computers; personal information systems; Hajj-QAES; Mecca; Muslim countries; decision making; hajj Q&A expert system; hajj guide book; hajj pilgrims; hajj ritual; hand phone; handheld device; knowledge-based expert system; mabrur hajj; personal digital assistant; Books; Databases; Decision making; Engines; Expert systems; Fellows; Handheld computers; Personal digital assistants; Power systems; Prototypes; decision making; expert system; hajj complex problems; knowledge base;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computer Technology and Development, 2009. ICCTD '09. International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Kota Kinabalu
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-7695-3892-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICCTD.2009.190
  • Filename
    5359712