Optimal control of greenhouse cultivation

A reference on the development and advances in optimal greenhouse control. It focuses on model-based methods to achieve the best economical result. It discusses physical models of greenhouse climate and biological models of crop growth, as well as classical rule-based and multivariable feedback cont...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Straten, G. van [ (Gerrit van)] , 1946- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group , c2011
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introductiion and problem statement
  • 2. Introduction to optimal control of greenhouse climate
  • 3. Open-loop optimal control
  • 4. Closed-loop optimal control
  • 5. Greenhouse cultivation control paradigms
  • 6. A seminal case: lettuce
  • 7. An experimental application: tomato
  • 8. An advance application: the solar greenhouse
  • 9. Developments, open issues and perspectives