Pepper Plant Disease Detection Using Dempster Shafer
Gubtha Mahendra Putra, Laila Mega Azrina, Anindita Septiarini, Muhammad Rivani Ibrahim, Fatkhul Hani Rumawan, Karima Azzahra Karim, Heliza Rahmania Hatta, Kaysa Adara Karim, Mohammad Zahir Zikri Hatta

Mulawarman University, Samarinda, Indonesia
Telkom University, Bandung, Indonesia
Universitas Terbuka, Jakarta, Indonesia

Abstract

Pepper or Piper nigrum L, is one spice plant widely found in Indonesia. Pepper is a mainstay export commodity in Indonesia. However, pepper production is uncertain, sometimes up and sometimes down, which is influenced by several factors- one of the causes is pests and diseases. For some farmers, identifying pests and plant diseases is difficult. Therefore, it is necessary to have an expert system application for detecting pepper plant pests and diseases. The Dempster Shafer method is expected to provide information about pests and diseases in pepper plants. The Dempster Shafer method is applied to determine and define the confidence level and reasonable function to evaluate a possibility. The data on the types of diseases used in this study amounted to 9, with 46 symptoms. Based on the study^s results using 60 data, this expert system produced an accuracy value of 96%.

Keywords: Dempster Shafer- Diseases- Expert Systems- Pepper Plants

Topic: Decition Support System