LAND USE DECISION USING INDICES AND FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEM IN SOUTH OF IRAQ

Abstract

A land use decision by using Fuzzy Inference System (FIS) to determine the validity to agriculture various types of crops according to the values of salinity index (SI) and Normalized Multi-Drought Index (NMDI) for each crop is presented. the SI and NMDI land feature for the bare soil only after a classification step are divided into three ranges (low, medium and high) and used to build the decision rule. the FIS applied on the ALKhamisiyah area in the south of Iraq to classify it according to the crops should be implemented. The result showed the validity of this system to give a prior decision to use the land.