On an intelligent system to plan agricultural operations

Abstract

This paper focuses on the design and implementation of an intelligent system for planning operations of an agricultural robot. The aim of this intelligent system is to choose automatically the appropriate resources to execute certain agricultural operations, based on the user's preferences, as well as to define and schedule their sequence. The practical background is discussed, with descriptions of the solution space of agricultural applications and the way they can be restrained, through certain assumptions and decisions for minimizing the computing effort. The effectiveness of the intelligent system is demonstrated by comparing specific KPIs that have been calculated in the solution which would probably have been selected by a farmer and the solution proposed by the system, in different scenarios.