Towards A Framework For Farm Scale Digital Twin
Enhancing agricultural productivity while maintaining ecological balance amidst climate change is a looming challenge. The future of resilient farming and food security will depend upon the effectiveness of collecting, interpreting, and acting on data. An agricultural digital twin (DT) can provide a feedback loop which improves both farm management and the computer system which informs it through integrating right-time sensor data, process-based models (PBMs), data-driven models (DDMs), and hybrid approaches. Three demonstrator DTs for farm ecosystems are currently under development, utilizing extensive datasets from three instrumented research farms at the North Wyke Farm Platform in Devon, UK to drive and evaluate the accuracy of models in simulating key agroecosystem processes, such as soil nutrient cycling, water balance, and crop performance. The implementation process will involve data collection and processing, model integration, and visualization. Key measurements are gathered up to every 15 minutes. PBMs along with DDMs and hybrid models will be utilized in an ensemble to enhance predictive accuracy and robustness. The DT architecture consists of three tiers. A client tier focuses on creating a user-friendly web frontend and API. An analysis and retrieval tier will facilitate the orchestration of services by a container registry and Kubernetes master node. A simulation tier will handle intensive data processing and model simulations with Apache Spark and high-performance computing nodes. We expect the DTs to improve decision-making, enhance system resilience against biotic and abiotic stresses, and pave the way for sustainable agricultural innovation.
Mon 23 SepDisplayed time zone: Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna change
16:00 - 17:30 | Session 4: Digital Twins in Application 2Technical Track at HS 18 Chair(s): Paula Muñoz ITIS Software, University of Malaga | ||
16:00 20mPaper | A DevOps Framework for the Engineering of Digital Twins for Build Assets Technical Track Sara Aissat École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), Jonathan Beaulieu École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), Francis Bordeleau École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS), Julien Gascon-Samson , Erik A. Poirier ETS, Ali Motamedi École de Technologie Supérieure | ||
16:20 15mShort-paper | Digital twin architecture for the AEC Industry : A case study in collective robotic construction Technical Track Lior Skoury Department for Computing in Architecture, Institute for Computational Design and Construction, University of Stuttgart, Samuel Leder Institute for Computational Design and Construction, University of Stuttgart, Achim Menges Institute for Computational Design and Construction, University of Stuttgart, Thomas Wortmann Department for Computing in Architecture, Institute for Computational Design and Construction, University of Stuttgart | ||
16:35 20mPaper | A Modeling Methodology for Crop Representation in Digital Twins for Smart FarmingNominated for Best Paper Technical Track Pascal Archambault Université de Montréal, Houari Sahraoui DIRO, Université de Montréal, Eugene Syriani Université de Montréal DOI Pre-print | ||
16:55 15mShort-paper | Towards A Framework For Farm Scale Digital Twin Technical Track Ireoluwa Fakeye Rothamsted Research, Ellen Maas Rothamsted Research, Paul Harris Rothamsted Research, Bader Oulaid Rothamsted Research, Chris Baker Rothamsted Research | ||
17:20 10mDay closing | Announcements Technical Track |