Introduction to optimal control of greenhouse climate -- Open-loop optimal control -- Closed-loop optimal control -- Greenhouse cultivation control paradigms -- A seminal case: lettuce -- An experimental application: tomato -- An advanced application: the solar greenhouse -- Developments, open issues, and perspectives
Summary
Providing a single-source reference on the development and state-of-the-art in optimal greenhouse control, this book focuses on model-based methods to achieve the best economical result. The authors discuss physical models of greenhouse climate and biological models of crop growth, as well as classical rule-based and multivariable feedback controllers. Key topics include state-space crop modeling, integrated optimal control, and controllers that exploit the weather to achieve the optimal trade-off between short term savings and optimal harvest yield. To stimulate new lines of future research
