Management zones for precision farming
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1. A method of determining management zones in a field for precision farming, the method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining site-specific farming data;
providing the site-specific farming data to a self-organizing network, the self-organizing network configured to classify locations in the field into management zones based upon the site-specific farming data;
obtaining classification outputs from the self-organizing network; and
correlating the classification outputs of the self-organizing network with positions in the field.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for determining management zones in a field for precision farming. The method and apparatus use a self-organizing network, such as a Kohonen neural network, to perform the classification of site-specific farming data into management zones in a farm field. The self-organizing network is configured to learn the proper classifications through a learning or training process.
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1. A method of determining management zones in a field for precision farming, the method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining site-specific farming data; providing the site-specific farming data to a self-organizing network, the self-organizing network configured to classify locations in the field into management zones based upon the site-specific farming data; obtaining classification outputs from the self-organizing network; and correlating the classification outputs of the self-organizing network with positions in the field. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus for determining at least two management zones in a field, based upon field characteristics at a multiplicity of field positions, the apparatus comprising:
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an information input device for receiving site-specific field characteristic data; a self-organizing network coupled to the information input device, wherein the self-organizing network classifies each of the field positions into one of the at least two management zones; and an information output device coupled to the self-organizing network, wherein the information output device communicates the management zone classifications. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A computing apparatus for determining at least two management zones in a field, based upon field characteristics at a multiplicity of field positions, the apparatus comprising:
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an input device; a microprocessor coupled to the input device; an output device coupled to the microprocessor; and a memory device coupled to the microprocessor, wherein the memory device stores a Kohonen neural network program, the program being read and executed by the microprocessor to implement a Kohonen neural network, the Kohonen neural network receiving field characteristic data from the input device, and communicating management zone data to the output device. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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