System and method for optimizing animal production based on a target output characteristic
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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 an optimization criteria for at least one target output characteristic.
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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. At least one of the animal information inputs is designated as a variable input. The system further includes an enterprise supervisor engine configured to generate an optimized value for the at least one variable input based on an optimization criteria for at least one target output characteristic.
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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 an optimization criteria for at least one target output characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. 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;
receiving a target output characteristic;
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, the target output characteristic and at least one optimization criteria. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An animal production optimization system, comprising:
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an optimization engine, having an objective function program therein, configured to receive a target output characteristic; and
an animal production modeling system configured to receive animal information input, including at least one variable input, receive feed formulation input, and provide at least one modeling output to the optimization engine, the modeling output including a value for the target output characteristic, wherein the optimization engine utilizes the objective function program to provide an optimized solution for the at least one variable input based on the modeling output and the value for the target output characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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