Computerized Control Systems in the Food Industry

Computerized Control Systems in the Food Industry
Author: Mittal
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 616
Release: 2018-02-19
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1351458604

Covers the fundamentals and the latest advances in computerized automation and process control, control algorithms, and specific applications essential food manufacturing processes and unit operations. This text highlights the use of efficient process control to convert from batch to continuous operation and enhance plant sanitation. It compares both established and innovative control schemes.

An Information Technology Approach to Production and Operations Decision Making in Dairy Processing

An Information Technology Approach to Production and Operations Decision Making in Dairy Processing
Author: Chia-Sheng Huang
Publisher:
Total Pages: 394
Release: 1999
Genre:
ISBN:

There is no significant evidence to show that there is a linear relationship between the quality of fresh cheese and the rate of acid production during cooking. The complexity of acid production during cheesemaking seems to be more due to the biological dynamic system with the starter and all variables that affect the activity of bacteria culture. An artificial intelligence system is recommended to model and simulate this biological, dynamic system.

Next-Generation Applied Intelligence

Next-Generation Applied Intelligence
Author: Been-Chian Chien
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 857
Release: 2009-06-26
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3642025684

The International Conference on Industrial, Engineering and Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA/AIE), always sponsored by the International So- ety of Applied Intelligence (ISAI), emphasizes applications of applied intelligent systems to solve real-life problems in all areas. It is held every year and has become one of the biggest and most important academic activities concerning the theory and applications of intelligent systems in the world. The IEA/AIE 2009 conference was hosted by the National University of Tainan and National University of Kaohsiung in Taiwan. This was the first time that the IEA/AIE conference was held in Taiwan. We received 286 papers from all parts of the world. Only 84 papers were selected for publication in this volume of LNAI proceedings. Each paper was reviewed by at least two anonymous referees to assure the high quality. We would like to express our sincere thanks to the Program Committee members and all the reviewers for their hard work, which helped us to select the highest quality papers for the conference. These papers highlight opportunities and challenges for the next generation of applied int- ligence and reveal technological innovations in real applications.

Internet of Things. Information Processing in an Increasingly Connected World

Internet of Things. Information Processing in an Increasingly Connected World
Author: Leon Strous
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2019-03-19
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3030156516

This open access book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the First IFIP International Cross-Domain Conference on Internet of Things, IFIPIoT 2018, held at the 24th IFIP World Computer Congress, WCC 2018, in Poznan, Poland, in September 2018. The 12 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 24 submissions. Also included in this volume are 4 WCC 2018 plenary contributions, an invited talk and a position paper from the IFIP domain committee on IoT. The papers cover a wide range of topics from a technology to a business perspective and include among others hardware, software and management aspects, process innovation, privacy, power consumption, architecture, applications.

Opportunities and Strategic Use of Agribusiness Information Systems

Opportunities and Strategic Use of Agribusiness Information Systems
Author: Che, Ferdinand Ndifor
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2020-12-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1799848507

Due to such factors as poor economic conditions, climate change, and conflict, food security remains an issue around the world and especially in developing nations. Rapid changes in technology over the last decade has brought a renewed focus on how information and communication technologies (ICTs) and application systems are deployed to improve rural competitiveness. Unfortunately, agricultural stakeholders in developing countries, particularly in Africa, have not been able to reap comparable benefits from adopting agricultural information systems as compared to their counterparts in the developed economies. Understanding the challenges that hinder the effective adoption of agricultural information systems and identifying opportunities or innovations is imperative to improve the agricultural sectors and overcome the problems in these developing economies. Opportunities and Strategic Use of Agribusiness Information Systems is an essential reference book that examines the key challenges that hinder the effective adoption of agricultural information systems. Moreover, it identifies and evaluates opportunities for the strategic deployment of ICTs and information systems to drive agricultural development for the benefit of agricultural sector stakeholders in emerging countries. While highlighting such topics as agricultural entrepreneurship, food value chain, and innovation systems, it is intended to provide sound and relevant frameworks and tools that will aid agricultural industry practitioners, smallholder farmers, and managers of agricultural extension systems looking to make more effective and responsible decisions when selecting, planning, deploying, and managing agribusiness information systems. It is additionally targeted for agricultural funding organizations, government policymakers, academicians, researchers, and students concerned with exploiting the potential of a variety of ICTs and information systems in the quest to achieve food security and poverty reduction in emerging economies.

Precision Agriculture: Technology and Economic Perspectives

Precision Agriculture: Technology and Economic Perspectives
Author: Søren Marcus Pedersen
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2017-11-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319687158

This book presents cases from different countries with a main focus on the perspectives of using precision farming in Europe. Divided into 12 chapters it addresses some of the most recent developments and aspects of precision farming. The intention of this book is to provide an overview of some of the most promising technologies with precision agriculture from an economic point of view. Each chapter has been put together so that it can be read individually should the reader wish to focus on one particular topic. Precision Farming as a farm technology benefits from large-scale advantages due to relatively high investment costs and is primarily adopted on farms with medium to large field areas.