• TO STUDY THE PROBLEM OF PESTICIDE ENDOSULFAN USING COMBINED OVERLAP BLOCK FUZZY COGNITIVE MAPS

Abstract

In this paper we use a fuzzy tool called Overlap Block Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (OFCMs) and Combined Block Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (COFCMs) defined by W.B. Vasantha Kandaswamy to study the Endosulfan problems. The Combined Overlap Block FCMs was first defined in 2003. This tool becomes handy when the number of attributes can be grouped and are large in numbers. In this paper we study to identify the cause of using Edosulfan [1] in agriculture which leads to most dangerous side effects in human beings at Kasargod and Palakkad Districts in Kerala. This paper has four sections. In the first section we recall the notion of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps and Combined Block Fuzzy Cognitive Maps
(CBFCMS). In section two description of Combined Overlap Block FCMs.. In section three we give the adaptation of Overlap FCM to the problem. Final section gives the conclusion based on our study.