title: Classifying Sources Influencing Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Using Artificial Neural Network (ANN).
abstract: Monitoring indoor air quality (IAQ) is deemed important nowadays. A sophisticated IAQ monitoring system which could classify the source influencing the IAQ is definitely going to be very helpful to the users. Therefore, in this paper, an IAQ monitoring system has been proposed with a newly added feature which enables the system to identify the sources influencing the level of IAQ. In order to achieve this, the data collected has been trained with artificial neural network or ANN--a proven method for pattern recognition. Basically, the proposed system consists of sensor module cloud (SMC), base station and service-oriented client. The SMC contain collections of sensor modules that measure the air quality data and transmit the captured data to base station through wireless network. The IAQ monitoring system is also equipped with IAQ Index and thermal comfort index which could tell the users about the room's conditions. The results showed that the system is able to measure the level of air quality and successfully classify the sources influencing IAQ in various environments like ambient air, chemical presence, fragrance presence, foods and beverages and human activity.
authors.affiliation: Center of Excellence for Advanced Sensor Technology (CEASTech), Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Taman Muhibbah, Jejawi, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia. shaharil85@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Shaharil Mad
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Saad
authors.affiliation: Center of Excellence for Advanced Sensor Technology (CEASTech), Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Taman Muhibbah, Jejawi, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia. allanmelvin.andrew@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Allan Melvin
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Andrew
authors.affiliation: Center of Excellence for Advanced Sensor Technology (CEASTech), Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Taman Muhibbah, Jejawi, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia. aliyeon@unimap.edu.my.
authors.forename: Ali Yeon Md
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Shakaff
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Kampus UniCITI Alam, 02100 Sungai Chuchuh, Padang Besar, Perlis, Malaysia. abd.rahman@unimap.edu.my.
authors.forename: Abdul Rahman Mohd
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Saad
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Kampus UniCITI Alam, 02100 Sungai Chuchuh, Padang Besar, Perlis, Malaysia. azman@unimap.edu.my.
authors.forename: Azman Muhamad Yusof
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kamarudin
authors.affiliation: Center of Excellence for Advanced Sensor Technology (CEASTech), Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Taman Muhibbah, Jejawi, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia. ammarzakaria@unimap.edu.my.
authors.forename: Ammar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zakaria
keywords: artificial neural network (ANN); indoor air quality; pattern recognition