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099 9 _aAIT Thesis no. AE-92-1
100 1 _aButani, Kishor M.
245 1 2 _aA decision support system for the selection of agricultural machinery with case studies in Western India
260 _aBangkok :
_bAsian Institute of Technology,
_c1992
300 _a59 leaves
490 1 _aThesis ;
_vno. AE-92-1
500 _aA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Engineering, School of Environment, Resources and Development
502 _aThesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1992
520 _aA menu driven computer software was developed for optimization of farm machinery system with flexibility to incorporate regional variations in crops and cropping patterns, farm equipment sizes, a nd costs of the resources and outputs. The Decision Support System (DSS) calculates the optimum power required for field, transportation, irrigation and post harvest operations; and selects the optimum power source(s) and matching equipment from those available in the region. It also computes working hours required; energy used; fixed, operating and timeliness costs for t h e farm operations on crop, seasonal and annual basis. The DSS can also compute net returns per ha of crop and per ha of land holding. Two sources of mobile power, tractor and animals; and two sources of stationary power, electric motor and diesel engine were considered. Provision was made to opt for all possible combination of power sources for different stationary operations. For farmers growing three crops a year in each farm field analysis of case studies shows that up to 8 ha of land holding combination of animals and electric motor as power sources was most economical beyond which a combination of tractor and electric motor was most economical. However, depending upon the availability of custom work, a farmer can own a tractor economically with less than 8 ha land holding.
650 0 _aDecision support systems
650 0 _aAgricultural machinery
_zIndia, Western
700 1 _aSingh, Gajendra,
_eChairperson
700 1 _aGee-Clough, D.,
_eExamination Committee
700 1 _aGupta, Chandra P.,
_eExamination Committee
700 1 _aMaohua, Wang,
_eExamination Committee
700 1 _aSalokhe, Vilas M.,
_eExamination Committee
710 2 _aThe British Government,
_eScholarship Donor
810 2 _aAsian Institute of Technology.
_tThesis ;
_vno. AE-92-1
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