“…The bottleneck to encoding knowledge in structured computer programmes is knowledge acquisition. Collecting and compiling the necessary knowledge in even a small area involve the effort of countless individuals (Comas et al, ; Kaewboonma, Tuamsuk, & Kanarkard, ). Recently, a considerable amount of research utilizing artificial intelligence or expert system technology has been done on flood management (Emerton et al, ; Fang et al, ; Ghalkhani, Golian, Saghafian, Farokhnia, & Shamseldin, ; Luo et al, ; Mabrouk, Ezziyyani, Sadouq, & Essaaidi, ; Mahabir, Hicks, & Fayek, ; Pinto et al, ).…”