System and method for animal production optimization
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1. A system for generating optimized values for variable inputs to an animal production system, comprising:
- a simulator engine configured to receive a plurality of animal information inputs and generate a performance projection, wherein at least one of the animal information inputs is designated as a variable input; and
an enterprise supervisor engine configured to generate an optimized value for the at least one variable input based on at least one optimization criteria and an animal feed formulation.
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Abstract
A system for generating optimized values for variable inputs to an animal production system. The system includes a simulator engine configured to receive a plurality of animal information inputs and generate a performance projection, wherein at least one of the animal information inputs is designated as a variable input and an enterprise supervisor engine configured to generate an optimized value for the at least one variable input based on at least one optimization criteria and an animal feed formulation.
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1. A system for generating optimized values for variable inputs to an animal production system, comprising:
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a simulator engine configured to receive a plurality of animal information inputs and generate a performance projection, wherein at least one of the animal information inputs is designated as a variable input; and
an enterprise supervisor engine configured to generate an optimized value for the at least one variable input based on at least one optimization criteria and an animal feed formulation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for determining optimized values for inputs to an animal production system, comprising:
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receiving a plurality of animal information inputs, wherein at least one of the animal information inputs is designated as a variable input;
generating at least one performance projection based on the animal information inputs; and
generating an optimized value for the at least one variable input based on the at least one performance projection and an animal feed formulation and at least one optimization criteria. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A system for generating an animal feed formulation, comprising:
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a simulator engine configured to receive a plurality of animal information inputs and generate animal requirements based on the animal information inputs;
a formulator engine, the formulator engine configured to receive a plurality of animal feed ingredient inputs and generate at least one animal feed formulation composed of the animal feed ingredients based on the animal requirements, wherein at least one of the animal feed ingredient inputs is designated as a variable input; and
an enterprise supervisor engine configured to optimize the at least one animal feed formulation according to at least one optimization criteria, and further configured to generate an optimized value for the at least one variable input based on the at least one optimization criteria. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. An animal production optimization system, comprising:
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an optimization engine, having an objective function program therein, configured to receive a feed formulation input; and
an animal production modeling system configured to receive animal information input, including at least one variable input, receive feed formulation input, and provide modeling output to the optimization engine, wherein the optimization engine optimizes the objective function to provide an optimized solution for the at least one variable input based on the modeling output. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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64. A method for generating optimized values for variable inputs to an animal production optimization system, comprising:
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receiving animal information input, including at least one variable input;
generating modeling output based on the animal information input;
receiving a feed formulation input to the objective function;
generating an objective function based on the modeling output and the feed formulation input; and
optimizing the objective function to provide an optimized value for the at least one variable input. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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