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Precision Livestock Farming: a Multidisciplinary Paradigm

Authors:
Guillaume Terrasson
Eric Villeneuve
Véronique Pilnière
Alvaro Llaria

Keywords: Smart Interfaces for Engineering; Data Processing; Decision-making; Systemic Approach; Precision Livestock Farming

Abstract:
Since several years, Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) has experienced a significant progress mainly due to the electronics and embedded systems miniaturization, along with the Internet of Things expansion. Geolocation and animal behavior identification are common research subjects in PLF, and several solutions have been proposed in this frame. Nevertheless, the development and generalization of this kind of tools must still face up several technical and societal challenges and, in order to overcome these difficulties, a multidisciplinary work is necessary. In this context, this paper presents the e-Pasto experimental platform, which employs different smart interfaces, as a case-study to analyze the main issues related to the implementation of PLF solutions. Along with this analysis, some relevant aspects of current systems are studied and discussed from different points of view, from technological to human ones, with the aim of offering a new vision, which tries to take into account, as far as possible, the final user needs.

Pages: 55 to 59

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2017

Publication date: June 25, 2017

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3727

ISBN: 978-1-61208-565-4

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from June 25, 2017 to June 29, 2017