Kişisel Beslenme Planlamasina Yönelik Web Tabanli Uzman Sistem Tasarimi ve Uygulamasi

Abstract

Recently, expert systems have been used in different fields for different purposes in order to respond to the changing user needs with the rapid development of information and communication technologies. The most important of these can be listed as interpretation, prediction, diagnosis, design, planning, imaging, debugging, maintenance, education and control. With the increase in the use of expert systems in the field of healthcare, expert systems are not only used for diagnosis and treatment, but also act as a decision support system. Today, there are many software and approaches for nutrition program planning on the basis of nutrition-oriented practices. In particular, rule-based or case-based expert systems are frequently used in the field of nutrition. The aim of the research is to develop a web-based expert system prototype in the field of nutrition with a rule-based system approach using the Prolog development environment. For this purpose, because of clear and neat syntax, one of the expert system programming languages based on "first order predicate calculus" that is Prolog, PHP for web and in the design phase; Bootstrap framework were preferred. For data visualization, data is retrieved from MySQL database. The application developed within the scope of the research is expected to contribute to the efficient implementation of nutrition planning, especially for institutions with insufficient human experts. In this sense, a system that offers personalized nutrition program recommendations for people of different ages, genders, heights, weights and therefore different body mass indexes has been developed. Thus, considering the benefits of proper nutrition, it is expected that the developed system will help the dietitian in the process of determining the nutrition program/meal planning, and for the patients in the processes of maintaining and monitoring it.