DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR OPTIMUM SCHEDULING OF FARM MACHINERY OPERATIONS IN A SUGARCANE PLANTATION

摘要

An algorithm for scheduling of the operation of tractors and implements in a sugar cane plantations was developed. The core of the algorithm was an optimization using random search. The schedule was expressed by the combinations of day-shift-tractor-implement-operator-job-field-covering area. To run the algorithm and facilitate data inputting and outputs printing, a prototipe of software named Walsien 1.0 was developed with Visual Basic 4.0~(TM).