Application of Kohonen Neural Networks for Lawn Care

Author

Douglas K. Swift
Cihan H. Dagli, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow

Abstract

The objective of the study was to determine if Neural Networks could be useful in reducing the cost of private lawn care. A Kohonen Self-Organizing Map (SOM) was developed to search for useful patterns which would allow reduction in caretaker cost. Data collection parameters were length of grass, density of grass, color of grass, presence of weeds, and presence of moss. Fuzzy Logic clustering was required for initialization of the Neural Network. The pattern recognition and mapping were successful. Cost reduction was demonstrated in reduced needs for watering, fertilizer, weed control, moss out, and lime.

Recommended Citation

D. K. Swift and C. H. Dagli, "Application of Kohonen Neural Networks for Lawn Care," Proceedings of the Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications 2004, ACTA press, Jan 2004.

Department(s)

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering

Keywords and Phrases

Turf Management; Neural networks (Computer science); Self-organizing maps

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2004 ACTA press, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 2004