An Automated Decision Support System for Sensor-Based Irrigation Scheduling

摘要

A decision support system (DSS) that takes input from field sensors and decides when to turn irrigation on or off is a missing link in the layout for sensor-based irrigation scheduling. The commercially available DSS have several faults, including that they do not facilitate the complete automation. We developed a DSS that helps farmers with automated irrigation scheduling and remedies the identified faults. In this paper, we first present a layout for complete sensor-based automation. Then, we discuss the specifications of DSS that overcome the limitations of existing DSS. Finally, after presenting the implementation details, we suggest future research directions.