Abstract
The decision support system for Thai fighting cocks identification has been complied with the objectives to develop an effective system for identifying Thai fighting cocks using decision support system as a tool for collecting knowledge of Thai fighting cocks.
In development process, the author has studied, analyzed, designed, and created the system, as well as tested, modified, and created a system manual.
During preliminary study and analysis, we used a master image file containing 24 images categorized by male and female cocks from 12 cocks named in the brochures providing information about characteristics and standards of traditional Thai fighting cocks distributed by animal husbandly division, department of livestock development. These images were stored as one file in a computer. Designing process was involved with creation of processes, structure, database, and user interfaces. The system was created by installing Appserv on Windows XP/7/8 operating system, coding with PHP, system testing using Black Box Testing, and modifying the system as well as preparing user manuals for 3 groups of users including 1) general users, 2) Thai fighting cocks experts, and 3) system administrators.
The system development has generated a decision support system for Thai fighting cocks identification which could be used as a media to study about Thai fighting cocks, and a new database named, ”newkhaichon.sql”, for collecting knowledge about Thai fighting cocks. The researchers had conducted the experiment on 100 users by letting them evaluated, and tested the system. The results revealed that the system obtained a good level (x=…sd…) for system performance, and user satisfaction.
The research findings were ascertained that the developed system could be used as a learning source of Thai fighting cocks and a tool for supporting the study of Thai fighting cocks. Therefore, general users were capable to use the system for identifying Thai fighting cocks by input the name in Thai by typing or using menu for knowledge searching by themselves.