Predictive quality-aware control for scheduling of potato starch production

Lin, X.; Negenborn, R.R.; Lodewijks, G.

doi:10.1016/j.compag.2018.04.020

Predictive quality-aware control for scheduling of potato starch production

Title

Predictive quality-aware control for scheduling of potato starch production

Author

Lin, X. (TU Delft Transport Engineering and Logistics)
Negenborn, R.R. (TU Delft Transport Engineering and Logistics)
Lodewijks, G. (University of New South Wales)

Date

2018

Abstract

Modern technologies have enabled approaches to estimate freshness of perishable products during production and distribution. This allows supply chains to apply more advanced decision support systems in order to further reduce the loss of perishable products. In this paper we focus on the postharvest scheduling of starch potatoes. In particular we propose a quality-aware scheduling method that can be used in a decision support system for starch potato postharvest operations. Considering the quality of stored potatoes in real-time, the method determines when and how many potatoes should be harvested, sent for starch production, or stored. A centralized and a distributed control strategy are developed, with the aim of minimizing total starch loss in dynamic environments. Simulation experiments illustrate how the proposed approaches deal with disturbances, and that the total starch loss can be reduced when real-time quality information of potatoes is taken into account.

Subject

Model predictive control
Perishable goods
Postharvest scheduling
Quality-aware modeling
Starch potatoes

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2018.04.020

Embargo date

2020-05-10

ISSN

0168-1699

Source

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 150, 266-278