Decision Support Tools for Barley Yield: The Case of Menemen - Turkey
Abstract
The
estimation of agricultural yield is a challenging and essential task for every farmer. Since the very old times,
agriculture has always been the most important means of livelihood both in
Turkey and all around the world. There are many factors that directly affect
the efficiency in agriculture such as climatic features, use of water
resources, proper and timely use of pesticides and fertilizers. Computer-based
systems are needed to transform agriculture data into tangible information. Data mining involves certain methods of obtaining or
inferring meaningful and otherwise-unknown information from the data. With the
increasing significance of precision agricultural practices, farmers have
become inclined to be engaged in a more conscious strategy of agriculture. In
this study, barley crop data received from İzmir Menemen Provincial
Directorate of Agriculture was carefully
organized and evaluated with the classification algorithms in the SPSS
Clementine software. CHAID and CR&T algorithms were employed and major
factors that affect crop yield was defined. Based on these, a decision support
system has been developed for farmers to forecast both harvest season and crop
yield.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Engineering
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
September 15, 2018
Submission Date
May 18, 2018
Acceptance Date
June 20, 2018
Published in Issue
Year 2018 Volume: 20 Number: 60