Row crop grain harvester path optimization in headland patterns

• Published in: Computers and electronics in agriculture Vol. 171; p. 105295
• Main Authors: Evans, John T., Pitla, Santosh K., Luck, Joe D., Kocher, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.04.2020; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Algorithms; crop losses; Crop yield; energy costs; Genetic algorithms; Grain; Harvest; Harvester; Harvesters; Harvesting; Headlands; labor; Logistics; Optimization; planning; Route planning; Routing; rowcrops; Soil compaction; Routing; Algorithms; Harvest; Harvester; Optimization; Logistics

•Genetic Algorithm used to optimized harvester routing.•Yield data used to determine when unloading needed to occur based on route.•Turn automation, without route optimization had the potential to reduce non-working in-field travel by 5.9–17.2 percent.•Route optimization found to reduce non-working...