Opportunities for control engineering in arable precision agriculture

Abstract In this paper, we present an overview of several challenges in arable farming that are well suited for research by the control engineering society. We discuss the global needs that these challenges are related to as well as the relation of these challenges to future applications of arable farming. For each of these opportunities we provide several concrete and detailed research questions. Particular attention is paid to the management of resources and sensors in farms. The objective of writing this paper is to further entice control engineers into the domains of agronomy and agricultural technology.

• Publication year

  2021

• Venue

  Annual Reviews in Control

• Publication date

  2021-02-05

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Computer Science, Engineering

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/J.ARCONTROL.2021.01.001
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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