Selecting a Strategy for Determining the Combine Harvester Parameter Settings

Abstract

Introduction.The article deals with adjusting the parameter settings of a combine harvester working bodies. For adjustment of complex hierarchical multilevel systems, the intellectual methods based on fuzzy expert information are used. The incoming quantitative, qualitative and evaluation information is analyzed when adjusting the combine harvester. The different types of uncertainty in considering semantic spaces of external environment factors and regulated parameters of the machine cause the application of logical and linguistic approach and mathematical apparatus of fuzzy logic for determining the optimal initial settings. The complex system of interrelations between parameters, indicators of quality of harvest, and factors of external environment causes the necessity to adjust the parameters of combine working elements in the process of harvesting. This function is performed by the correction unit in the intelligent decision support system. In the present article, the questions of creating a knowledge base for correcting adjustment parameters in cases when there are deviations of values of harvesting quality indicators from normative values are considered in detail. Materials and Methods. Interrelations between performance indicators and regulated parameters are established by empirical rules obtained through the collection and analysis of expert information. To optimize the mechanism of intellectual information system output and reduce the time of decision making, there is a necessity to establish the relevance of used knowledge base rules. To solve this problem, theoretical and game approaches are used, concepts of the matrix of performance indicators and the matrix of risks of making an inefficient decision are used. Results. An example of choosing a strategy of searching for an adequate response to the fault of the harvesting indices in the form of “losses of feeble grain with chaff” has been given. The choice of fault response strategies on the basis of Laplace criterion, expectedvalue criterion, and Savage test used for decision-making in “games with nature” has been considered. The method of the decision-making process in the problem under consideration with the application of the mentioned criteria were illustrated, the analysis of the obtained results was carried out. Discussion and Conclusion. The suggested approach substantially increases performance of the unit of intelligent system updating. It allows structuring the expert knowledge base and establishing an optimal sequence of application of production rules; this provides efficiency of the updating process of the adjustable harvester parameters and also reduces the time for decision-making. This approach can be used while solving the problems of updating technological adjustments in different technical systems and devices.