USE OF ADVANCED TECHNIQUES TO OPTIMIZE A MULTIDIMENSIONAL DAIRY MODEL

Authors
MAYER DG BELWARD JA BURRAGE K
Citation
Dg. Mayer et al., USE OF ADVANCED TECHNIQUES TO OPTIMIZE A MULTIDIMENSIONAL DAIRY MODEL, Agricultural systems, 50(3), 1996, pp. 239-253
Citations number
46
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture
Journal title
Agricultural systems → ACNP
ISSN journal
0308521X
Volume
50
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
239 - 253
Database
ISI
SICI code
0308-521X(1996)50:3<239:UOATTO>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Available methods for the optimization of agricultural systems vary wi dely, in terms of derivation, applicability and performance. A whole-f arm dairying model with 16 separate, interacting managerial options wa s optimized by the hill-climbing (quasi-Newton), direct search (simple x), genetic algorithm (GENESIS) and simulated annealing (VFSR) techniq ues. The latter two clearly out-performed the former, with simulated a nnealing always identifying the global optimum.