美国数学建模竞赛特等奖论文——2006_A_O_Fastidious_Farmer_Algorithms【数学建模】.pdfVIP

Fastidious Farmer Algorithms (FFA) Matthew Fischer, Nikifor Bliznashki and Brandon Levin March 9, 2006 1 Introduction Approximently 10,000 years ago, civilization began in the Fertile Crescent of Mesopotamia around the river valleys of the Euphrates and the Tiger rivers. It was agriculture that allowed these civilizations to prosper and the river water that allowed agriculture. The number of people in the world has grown signicantly since then increasing the demand for food production. Agriculture has been forced to move away from water sources like rivers and valleys into the dryer regions across the globe. Articial irrigation has thus become an essential element of any successful farming enterprise. For example, in Afghanistan, where 80 % of the population works in agriculture, good irrigation techniques can decrease costs and increase yields bolstering a growing economy. In this study, we consider hand move irrigation system which can be made cheap and eective for small farm plots. We consider the important sensitivities of the crops to both over and underwatering. Careful application is required in some soils where only a limited amount of water can be absorbed before runo becomes a problem. All these consideration must be taken into account in developing a succesful irrigation procedure. 2 Abstract An eective irrigation algorithm is crucial to hand move irrigation systems. Hand move systems consist of easily movable aluminum pipes and sprinklers, and are typically used as a low-cost, low-scale watering system. However, without an eective design algorithm, the crops will either be watered improperly, resulting in a damaged harvest, or watered ineciently, using up too much of the precious resources. Therefore, in this paper we focus on determ