A GP approach for precision farming

Francesca Abbona, Leonardo Vanneschi, Marco Bona, Mario Giacobini

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Abstract

Livestock is increasingly treated not just as food containers, but as animals that can be susceptible to stress and diseases, affecting, therefore, the production of offspring and the performance of the farm. The breeder needs a simple and useful tool to make the best decisions for his farm, as well as being able to objectively check whether the choices and investments made have improved or worsened its performance. The amount of data is huge but often dispersive: it is therefore essential to provide the farmer with a clear and comprehensible solution, that represents an additional investment. This research proposes a genetic programming approach to predict the yearly number of weaned calves per cow of a farm, namely the measure of its performance. To investigate the efficiency of genetic programming in such a problem, a dataset composed by observations on representative Piedmontese breedings was used. The results show that the algorithm is appropriate, and can perform an implicit feature selection, highlighting important variables and leading to simple and interpretable models.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2020 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC
Subtitle of host publication2020 Conference Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages1-8
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781728169293
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2020
Event2020 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2020 - Virtual, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Duration: 19 Jul 202024 Jul 2020

Publication series

Name2020 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2020 - Conference Proceedings

Conference

Conference2020 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityVirtual, Glasgow
Period19/07/2024/07/20

Keywords

  • Cattle Breeding
  • Genetic Programming
  • Piedmontese Bovines
  • Precision Livestock Farming

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