Thesis

Please download a copy of my thesis here as a  *.pdf  (Thesis.pdf),  *.ps  (Thesis.ps) Or *.zip  (Thesis.zip).

 

Or download a particular Chapter of interest for easy reference as *.pdf or (*.ps)

              Chapter One -  The introduction to my project and the problem. (Chapter One.ps)

              Chapter Two -  This chapter gives the background to the domain and discusses past and current research
                                      used to monitor the water quality of the beaches of Sydney Harbour. (Chapter Two.ps)

              Chapter Three -Introduces Bayesian Networks. Discusses a number of previous applications of Bayesian
                                      Networks, how to use different Knowledge Engineering processes when developing
                                      Bayesian Networks and how Netica's learning  algorithms work. (Chapter Three.ps)

              Chapter Four -  Describes the methods used in the project and what was done to overcome problems
                                      when they arouse. In particular the data used in the project and the structures
                                      developed in Netica. (Chapter Four.ps)

              Chapter Five -  The results of the project are presented - specifically a model like the current EPA
                                      guidelines, a short extension of this with more rainfall days included and another
                                      with the Water Temperature, Sunny, Raining and Drain flowing at the time of the
                                      bacteria sample. (Chapter Five.ps)

             Chapter Six -     A short conclusion and future work. (Chapter Five.ps)