Agricultural Decision-Making Methods and Systems

Agricultural decision-making support system is a knowledge-enabled and computer-based system that supports and assists producers in decision-making. It is developed on the basis of agricultural information systems, agricultural simulation models, and agricultural expert systems. The system could assist decision-making with model combination and multiple scheme comparison. This chapter first analyzes the major problems in decision-making for production and discusses the decision-making methods and the development process of key technologies in the decision-making system. In addition, the typical agricultural decision-making support systems in each stage of production are introduced. In the future, the agricultural decision-making system will become modeled, precise, networked, and human-oriented.