RECENT ADVANCES IN PLANNING FARM OPERATIONS THROUGH OPTIMIZATION MODELS

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Operations Research applications in the agriculture sector have been a research area of high interest for over 50 years. Due to food security and sustainability concerns in the world, a lot of attention has been given to this area by OR researchers and practitioners recently. From distribution planning to performance evaluation, a variety of approaches and methods have been applied to a broad range of agricultural problems. Therefore, many review papers have been published from different points of view to serve both general and specific academic purposes. In this work, we present a review of the optimization approaches for the planning of farming operations which aims to optimize agricultural production systems. We use Scopus database to find relevant studies in three decision areas: crop planning, harvest planning and machinery management. Our review covers 54 papers published between 2002-2022.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• OR in agriculture
• agricultural production
• farming operations
• optimization techniques

Çiftlik Operasyonlarında Kullanılan Optimizasyon Modellerindeki Son Gelişmeler

Öz

Tarım sektöründe yöneylem araştırması tekniklerinin uygulanması, 50 yılı aşkın bir süredir yüksek ilgi gören bir araştırma alanı olmuştur. Dünyada gıda güvenliği ve sürdürülebilirlik endişeleri nedeniyle, son zamanlarda yöneylem araştırmacıları ve uygulayıcıları tarafından bu alana daha çok dikkat çekilmektedir. Dağıtım planlamasından performans değerlendirmesine kadar, çok çeşitli tarımsal problemlere uygulanan birçok farklı yaklaşım ve yöntem görülmektedir. Bu nedenle, hem genel hem de özel kapsamlarda akademik amaçlara hizmet edecek farklı bakış açılarıyla hazırlanmış birçok derleme makalesi yayınlanmıştır. Bu çalışmada, özellikle tarımsal üretim sistemlerinin iyileştirilmesini hedefleyen çiftlik operasyonlarının planlanması için geliştirilen optimizasyon yaklaşımlarının bir derlemesi sunulmaktadır. Mahsul planlama, hasat planlama ve makine yönetiminden oluşan üç karar alanındaki ilgili çalışmaları bulmak için Scopus veritabanı kullanılmıştır. Derlememiz 2002-2022 yılları arasında yayınlanmış toplam 54 makaleden oluşmaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Tarımda yöneylem araştırması
• tarımsal üretim
• çiftlik operasyonları
• optimizasyon teknikleri

Kaynakça

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