A Novel Deep Learning Framework Based on Heterogeneous Temporal Data Harmonization for Irrigation Water Amount Prediction
摘要
Precision agriculture, or agriculture 4.0, leverages modern technologies such as the IoT, cloud services, and AI to gather precise data on crop growth, soil moisture, and temperature. This data assists farmers in making efficient management decisions crucial for sustainable water resource use. Predicting plant irrigation needs is essential, particularly given the ongoing decline in freshwater reserves, largely attributable to agricultural consumption. This paper proposes a novel CNN-MLP hybrid approach for precise daily irrigation water amount prediction. The CNN model aims to standardize time intervals by reducing the dimensionality of the per-minute parameter data records and extracting relevant information without losing pertinent details. The MLP model uses this data to predict the daily plant irrigation needs. Results show the MLP model, utilizing CNN-reduced data, achieved a small error margin (Mean Absolute Error (MAE) = 0.5 l/m