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AGRONOMY-BASEL
Volume 11, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy11050885
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very early potato; crop yield prediction; artificial neural networks; multiple linear regression
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Yield forecasting is a rational and scientific approach in agriculture to predict future events, aiming to reduce risks in decision-making processes. By collecting and analyzing data, linear and non-linear models can be established for different crops, with validation through accuracy verification.
Yield forecasting is a rational and scientific way of predicting future occurrences in agriculture-the level of production effects. Its main purpose is reducing the risk in the decision-making process affecting the yield in terms of quantity and quality. The aim of the following study was to generate a linear and non-linear model to forecast the tuber yield of three very early potato cultivars: Arielle, Riviera, and Viviana. In order to achieve the set goal of the study, data from the period 2010-2017 were collected, coming from official varietal experiments carried out in northern and northwestern Poland. The linear model has been created based on multiple linear regression analysis (MLR), while the non-linear model has been built using artificial neural networks (ANN). The created models can predict the yield of very early potato varieties on 20th June. Agronomic, phytophenological, and meteorological data were used to prepare the models, and the correctness of their operation was verified on the basis of separate sets of data not participating in the construction of the models. For the proper validation of the model, six forecast error metrics were used: i.e., global relative approximation error (RAE), root mean square error (RMS), mean absolute error (MAE), and mean absolute percentage error (MAPE). As a result of the conducted analyses, the forecast error results for most models did not exceed 15% of MAPE. The predictive neural model NY1 was characterized by better values of quality measures and ex post forecast errors than the regression model RY1.
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