Development of an Automated Information System: A Students' Learning Perspective

摘要

Automated information systems have been getting much attention since the 1990s. However, the students at the undergraduate level find developing the software for automated information systems difficult. In this research, we take an application of the decision support system (DSS), a type of information system, and show students how the specifications, design, algorithms, and code are created for an automated DSS for irrigation scheduling. We also illustrate how the DSS was implemented in a field. The commercially available DSS demand much information from farmers and give output in terms of irrigation water quantity which farmers must measure. The DSS created in this research help farmer make irrigation scheduling without them having to input too much details into the software or measure irrigation water quantity.