Determination of the Optimal Temperature for the Growth of an Early Cucumber Crop in a Greenhouse

摘要

In this paper, the author presents a means of determining the optimal temperature for cultivation of a cucumber crop in a greenhouse. The optimal temperature is derived from a comparison with a standard temperature regime and is selected on the basis of two criteria: (1) expected income from an early crop and (2) heating costs. \ud\udThe nonlinear problem is solved using the reference point approach as implemented in the DIDASS/N software package. \ud\udThis paper was presented at the IIASA Workshop on Plural Rationality and Interactive Decision Processes in Sopron (August 1984) and was written under the auspices of the Interactive Decision Analysis Project within the System and Decision Sciences Program.