Design and Application of a Web-based Comprehensive Evaluation and Decision Support System for Tobacco Cultivation Process

Abstract

The evaluation and decision support system are widely used in agriculture with the development of information technology. In this paper, a Web-based comprehensive evaluation and decision support system (WCEDSS) is designed for flue-cured tobacco cultivation process. Using the artificial neural networks and some image processing methods, WCEDSS can predict various indicators of tobacco such as yield and flue-cured score, or give decisions at different stages of tobacco cultivation. As the system is developed by the Browser/Server (B/S) architecture, it is possible to make full use of the Internet resources and to facilitate users at any place with access to the Internet. Test results indicates that WCEDSS can achieve good performance. With other auxiliary functions, the system shows potential and extensive practicality in agricultural information management and guidance.