Hybrid Artificial Neural Network with Meta-heuristic Algorithms for Predicting Sugarcane Yield

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Ph.D. Candidate of Agricultural Mechanization, Biosystems Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Biosystems Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

3 Professor, Biosystems Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

4 Assistant Professor, Computer Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

Abstract

In this study, to predict sugarcane yield, an Artificial Neural Network based on meta-heuristic algorithms is used as an efficient method to estimate crop yield based on actual data. In order to predict sugarcane yield, effective parameters such as plant characteristics, electrical conductivity of soil and water, maximum temperature and average hours of sunshine during the growing season and on a time scale of seven years were used. Accordingly, four hybrid models were used to build neural networks which including of artificial neural network based on Back Propagation (BP) algorithm, combining neural network with Genetic Algorithm (GA), combining neural network with Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm and finally a new approach as combining neural network with GA-PSO. The results show that the neural network performance can be improved using meta-heuristic algorithms and can be increased significantly the prediction power. The Mean Square Error (MSE) and correlation coefficient (R) in the hybrid method of neural network with GA-PSO were obtained 0.00057 and 0.91457 respectively on the test data, which show the superiority of this method to other patterns. In addition, cross validation test of the proposed model by K-Nearest Neighbors showed the accuracy of training and test data to predict sugarcane yield has been equal to 98.5% and 95.5%, respectively.

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Iranian Journal of Biosystems Engineering
Volume 51, Issue 3
December 2020
Pages 515-526

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  • Receive Date: 22 October 2019
  • Revise Date: 10 May 2020
  • Accept Date: 13 June 2020

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