Improvement of sugar cane harvesting by taking into consideration the characteristics of cropping type (part 2) --optimizing method of harvesting by genetic algorithm

摘要

Application of Genetic Algorithm to improve the harvesting method of sugar cane were examined. by using the unit yield model and the sugar content model proposed in the previous paper taking into consideration the characteristics of cropping type. In this paper, the method to optimize the harvesting sequence and the starting date of harvesting was discussed. At first, it was shown that the problems were regarded as combination optimizing problem, then formulation of Genetic Algorithm was carriedoutaccording to some basic assumptions and the analyzing method was developed concretely. The transition equation was described relating to the calculation of fitness value. Characteristics of the composite vector of cropping type and the transitionmatrix were clarified, and the values of those were determined.