Handbook Of Operations Research In Agriculture And The Agri Food Industry

Author : Lluis M. Plà-Aragonés
Publisher : Springer
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781493924837

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Handbook of Operations Research in Agriculture and the Agri-Food Industry by Lluis M. Plà-Aragonés Pdf

The scope of this book is Operations Research methods in Agriculture and a thorough discussion of derived applications in the Agri-food industry. The book summarizes current research and practice in this area and illustrates the development of useful approaches to deal with actual problems arising in the agriculture sector and the agri-food industry. This book is intended to collect in one volume high quality chapters on Methods and Applications in Agriculture and Agri-food industry considering both theoretical issues and application results. Methods applied to problems in agriculture and the agri-food industry include, but are not restricted to, the following themes: Dynamic programming Multi-criteria decision methods Markov decision processes Linear programming Stochastic programming Parameter estimation and knowledge acquisition Learning from data Simulation Descriptive and normative decision tree techniques, including: agent modelling and simulation, and state of the art surveys Each chapter includes some standard and traditional methodology but also some recent research advances. All the applications presented in the chapters have been inspired and motivated by the demands from the agriculture and food production areas.

Author : Víctor M. Albornoz
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031497407

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Optimization Under Uncertainty in Sustainable Agriculture and Agrifood Industry by Víctor M. Albornoz Pdf

Author : João Reis,Sandra Pinelas,Nuno Melão
Publisher : Springer
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030149734

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Industrial Engineering and Operations Management II by João Reis,Sandra Pinelas,Nuno Melão Pdf

Based on the 2018 International Joint Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IJCIEOM) conference that took place in Lisbon, Portugal, this proceedings volume is the first of two focusing on mathematical applications in digital transformation. The different contributions in this volume explore topics such as health care, social technologies, mathematical programming applications, public transport services, new product development, industry 4.0, occupational safety, quality control, e-services, risk management, and supply chain management. Written by renowned scientists from around the world, this multidisciplinary volume serves as a reference on industrial engineering and operations management and as a source on current findings for researchers and students who focus in business models, digital literacy and technology in education, logistics, production and information systems, and operations management.

Author : Begoña Vitoriano,Greg H. Parlier
Publisher : Springer
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-14
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319539829

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Operations Research and Enterprise Systems by Begoña Vitoriano,Greg H. Parlier Pdf

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 5th International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems, ICORES 2016, held in Rome, Italy, in February 2016. The 14 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selection from a total of 75 submissions. They are organized in topical sections named: methodologies and technologies; and applications.

Author : Riccardo Accorsi,Rajeev Bhat
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-19
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780323908863

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Sustainable Development and Pathways for Food Ecosystems by Riccardo Accorsi,Rajeev Bhat Pdf

Sustainable Development and Pathways for Food Ecosystems: Integration and Synergies is a science-based reference which explores the roles played by agri-food ecosystems, their functions and needs, and the importance of the interdependencies among them. This book explores the relationships between food ecosystems, highlighting each entity’s role in transforming, preserving, and conserving the others. It is a vital resource of information on the ecosystems that surround the food supply chain and includes all processes, from primary production of food through consumption. The book covers the agricultural and farming phases; processing and transformation; storage and consolidation; packaging; transportation; the management of waste and losses; and the supply and conservation of enabling resources like materials, biodiversity, energy, and water. Sustainable Development and Pathways for Food Ecosystems: Integration and Synergies is a useful reference for academics, researchers, policymakers, and industry professionals involved within the agri-food sector management. Provides information on sustainability challenges, developments and solutions related to food ecosystems Discusses the impact of renewables toward sustainable and zero-carbon food ecosystems Summarizes the scientific literature on alternative valorization strategies to reduce biomass Defines boundaries of analysis of entities, input/output flows, constraints and performance goals to measure data

Author : Canada. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Research Branch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : MINN:31951D01577674Q

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Connect with Research by Canada. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Research Branch Pdf

The goal of the Research Branch of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is to improve the on-going competitiveness of the Canadian agri-food sector through the development and transfer of innovative technologies. As a national research network, the branch focuses on the variously interconnected needs of the Canadian agri-food industry. This guide describes the work being carried out at the research centres that belong to the network and outlines research highlights in the following areas: genetic resources, soils, integrated pest management, horticulture, oilseeds, cereals, forages, livestock, meat, and value-added products.

Author : Shailesh Shrestha,Andrew Barnes,Bouda Vosough Ahmadi
Publisher : CABI
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781780644288

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Farm-Level Modelling by Shailesh Shrestha,Andrew Barnes,Bouda Vosough Ahmadi Pdf

Agriculture is the product of a complex mixture of behavioural, biophysical and market drivers. Understanding how these factors interact to produce crops and livestock for food has been the focus of economic investigation for many years. The advent of optimisation algorithms and the exponential growth in computing technology has allowed significant growth in mathematical modelling of the dynamics of agricultural systems. The complexity of approaches has grown in parallel with the availability of data at increasingly finer resolutions. Farm-level models have been widely used in agricultural economic studies to understand how farmers and land owners respond to market and policy levers. This book provides an in-depth description of different methodologies and techniques currently used in farm-level modelling. While giving an overview of the theoretical grounding behind the models, an applied approach is also used. Case studies range from the application of modelling to policy reforms and the subsequent impacts on rural communities and food supply. This book also provides descriptions of the use of farm-level models in much wider fields such as aggregation and linking with sectoral models. Its purpose is to show the reader the methods that have been employed to inform decision-makers about how to improve the economic, social and environmental goals required to achieve the aims of multidimensional policy.

Author : Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji,Deepak Gopalrao Panpatte,Yogeshvari Kishorsinh Jhala
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-21
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781000779745

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Agricultural Biotechnology by Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji,Deepak Gopalrao Panpatte,Yogeshvari Kishorsinh Jhala Pdf

This book presents strategies and techniques highlighting the sustainability and application of microbial and agricultural biotechnologies to ensure food production and security. This book includes different aspects of applications of Artificial Intelligence in agricultural systems, genetic engineering, human health and climate change, recombinant DNA technology, metabolic engineering and so forth. Post-harvest extension of food commodities, environmental detoxification, proteomics, metabolomics, genomics, bioinformatics and metagenomic analysis are discussed as well. Features: Reviews technological advances in microbial biotechnology for sustainable agriculture using Artificial Intelligence and molecular biology approach. Provides information on the fusion between microbial biotechnology and agriculture. Specifies the influence of climate changes on livestock, agriculture and environment. Discusses sustainable agriculture for food security and poverty alleviation. Explores current biotechnology advances in food and agriculture sectors for sustainable crop production. This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in agriculture, food engineering, metabolic engineering and bioengineering.

Author : Paul Krause,Fatos Xhafa
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030711726

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IoT-based Intelligent Modelling for Environmental and Ecological Engineering by Paul Krause,Fatos Xhafa Pdf

This book brings to readers thirteen chapters with contributions to the benefits of using IoT and Cloud Computing to agro-ecosystems from a multi-disciplinary perspective. IoT and Cloud systems have prompted the development of a Cloud digital ecosystem referred to as Cloud-to-thing continuum computing. The key success of IoT computing and the Cloud digital ecosystem is that IoT can be integrated seamlessly with the physical environment and therefore has the potential to leverage innovative services in agro-ecosystems. Areas such as ecological monitoring, agriculture, and biodiversity constitute a large area of potential application of IoT and Cloud technologies. In contrast to traditional agriculture systems that have employed aggressive policies to increase productivity, new agro-ecosystems aim to increase productivity but also achieve efficiency and competitiveness in modern sustainable agriculture and contribute, more broadly, to the green economy and sustainable food-chain industry. Fundamental research as well as concrete applications from various real-life scenarios, such as smart farming, precision agriculture, green agriculture, sustainable livestock and sow farming, climate threat, and societal and environmental impacts, is presented. Research issues and challenges are also discussed towards envisioning efficient and scalable solutions to agro-ecosystems based on IoT and Cloud technologies. Our fundamental belief is that we can collectively trigger a new revolution that will transition agriculture into an equable system that not only feeds the world, but also contributes to mitigating the climate change and biodiversity crises that our historical actions have triggered.

Author : Ali Emrouznejad,William Ho
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781498732482

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Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process by Ali Emrouznejad,William Ho Pdf

This book is the first in the literature to present the state of the art and some interesting and relevant applications of the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP). The AHP is a conceptually and mathematically simple, easily implementable, yet extremely powerful tool for group decision making and is used around the world in a wide variety of decision situations, in fields such as government, business, industry, healthcare, and education. The aim of this book is to study various fuzzy methods for dealing with the imprecise and ambiguous data in AHP. Features: First book available on FAHP. Showcases state-of-the-art developments. Contains several novel real-life applications. Provides useful insights to both academics and practitioners in making group decisions under uncertainty This book provides the necessary background to work with existing fuzzy AHP models. Once the material in this book has been mastered, the reader will be able to apply fuzzy AHP models to his or her problems for making decisions with imprecise data.

Author : Michael Freitag,Herbert Kotzab,Jürgen Pannek
Publisher : Springer
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319451176

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Dynamics in Logistics by Michael Freitag,Herbert Kotzab,Jürgen Pannek Pdf

These proceedings contain research papers presented at the 5th International Conference on Dynamics in Logistics, held in Bremen, Germany, February 2016. The conference is concerned with dynamic aspects of logistic processes and networks. The spectrum of topics reaches from modeling, planning and control of processes over supply chain management and maritime logistics to innovative technologies and robotic applications for cyber-physical production and logistic systems. The growing dynamic confronts the area of logistics with completely new challenges: it must become possible to describe, identify and analyze the process changes. Moreover, logistic processes and networks must be redevised to be rapidly and flexibly adaptable to continuously changing conditions. The book primarily addresses researchers and practitioners from the field of industrial engineering and logistics, but it may also be beneficial for graduate students.

Author : Mostafa Ezziyyani
Publisher : Springer
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030118785

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Advanced Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Development (AI2SD’2018) by Mostafa Ezziyyani Pdf

This book gathers papers presented at the International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Development (AI2SD-2018), which was held in Tangiers, Morocco on 12–14 July 2018. Highlighting the latest research and findings in the field of agriculture, it provides new solutions, efficient tools and techniques that draw on modern technologies to increase agricultural productivity. In addition, it provides a critical overview of the status quo, shares new propositions, and outlines future perspectives in agriculture.

Author : Osvaldo Gervasi,Beniamino Murgante,Sanjay Misra,Chiara Garau,Ivan Blečić,David Taniar,Bernady O. Apduhan,Ana Maria A.C. Rocha,Eufemia Tarantino,Carmelo Maria Torre,Yeliz Karaca
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1091 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030587994

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Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2020 by Osvaldo Gervasi,Beniamino Murgante,Sanjay Misra,Chiara Garau,Ivan Blečić,David Taniar,Bernady O. Apduhan,Ana Maria A.C. Rocha,Eufemia Tarantino,Carmelo Maria Torre,Yeliz Karaca Pdf

The seven volumes LNCS 12249-12255 constitute the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2020, held in Cagliari, Italy, in July 2020. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was organized in an online event. Computational Science is the main pillar of most of the present research, industrial and commercial applications, and plays a unique role in exploiting ICT innovative technologies. The 466 full papers and 32 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 1450 submissions. Apart from the general track, ICCSA 2020 also include 52 workshops, in various areas of computational sciences, ranging from computational science technologies, to specific areas of computational sciences, such as software engineering, security, machine learning and artificial intelligence, blockchain technologies, and of applications in many fields.

Author : Sudarsan Jayasingh,Kirubaharan Boobalan,Thiruvenkadam Thiagarajan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789464631623

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Proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Business & Management (ICETBM 2023) by Sudarsan Jayasingh,Kirubaharan Boobalan,Thiruvenkadam Thiagarajan Pdf

This is an open access book. The International Conference on Emerging Trends in Business & Management (ICETBM2023) aims to bring together leading academicians, practitioners, researchers, and students to exchange their views, knowledge, experience and insights on the emerging trends in business and management. The conference theme for year 2023 is “Business Intelligence and Analytics as Drivers for Digital Transformation”. Organizations are adopting a data-driven approach to identify new business opportunities, serve customers better, increase sales, improve the efficiency of operations and more. The amount of data generated, captured, copied, and consumed worldwide is growing rapidly due to increased use of the internet, mobile phone and social media. In today’s modern corporate environment, business intelligence and analytics have emerged as indispensable tools for improving decision-making, facilitating the execution of major initiatives, and guiding the overall company strategies. Business Intelligence and Analytics enables organizations to develop new innovative business models and approaches in the era of digital transformation. The role of analytics in solving business problems has increased manifold in recent years. Researchers, academics, and practitioners are paying more attention because of the increasing benefits achieved using business analytics. The conference will be held in SSN School of Management, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, Chennai, India on 24th & 25th February 2023 and will be a hybrid event. This conference will offer invited talks by experts and paper presentations from leading academicians and industry speakers to share new ideas, research insights, recent innovations, trends, and challenges faced in the field of Business and Management.

Author : Sarah M. Gardner,Stephen J. Ramsden,Rosemary S. Hails
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107067622

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Agricultural Resilience by Sarah M. Gardner,Stephen J. Ramsden,Rosemary S. Hails Pdf

Offers an interdisciplinary exploration of resilience in agriculture, and implications for producers seeking to adapt to change and uncertainty.