Iminyaka engaphezu kweshumi, isazi sezinambuzane uDavid Crowder uye wasiza abalimi basePacific Northwest ukuthi bavikeleke ezinambuzaneni nakubahlaseli.
Kulobu busika, u-Crowder wandise indima yakhe njengomqondisi wesikhashana we-Washington State University's Uhlelo Losizo Lwesinqumo (DAS), isevisi eku-inthanethi esiza abalimi bezithelo base-US nabaseCanada ukuthi balindele futhi balawule izinambuzane, izifo, isimo sezulu esibi kakhulu, nezinye izinselele.
“UDkt. UCrowder ungusosayensi onekhono nothisha oqondayo izidingo nezinselelo zezolimo zaseNyakatho-ntshonalanga,” kusho uScot Hulbert, oyisekela lomphathi wocwaningo e-WSU College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences (CAHNRS), esitatimendeni esikhishwe yizindaba. "Uyisinqumo esihle sokuhola Uhlelo Losizo Lwezinqumo njengoba luthuthuka futhi lukhula."
"Emhlabeni jikelele, ezolimo ziya ngokuya zingena enkathini yedatha enkulu kanye ne-automation," kusho uCrowder. “Ezimbonini zezithelo zezihlahla, abalimi abaningi kanye nabeluleki bazifaka iziteshi zabo zesimo sezulu futhi baqaphe amanethiwekhi wokuqapha izinambuzane. Nge-DAS, i-WSU isungule izindlela ezintsha zokufaka idatha eqondene nesayithi kumamodeli awusizo, aqagelayo.”
Yethulwe ngo-2007, i-DAS isebenzisa idatha yesimo sezulu yesikhathi sangempela evela kwa-WSU I-AgWeatherNet isevisi nabanye abahlinzeki, ukuvikelwa kwezitshalo okudalwe yi-WSU kanye nemihlahlandlela yokulawula izinambuzane zensimu yezithelo, nezinye izinsiza zokuqhuba amamodeli wekhompyutha ezinseleleni ezivamile ezibhekene nemboni yezithelo zezihlahla zasePacific Northwest.
Izibikezelo zisiza abalimi baqonde ukuthi kufanele bafafaze nini futhi kanjani ngendlela efanele izinambuzane, futhi babikezele ukuthi bazodinga nini ukuthatha isinyathelo ukuze bavikele izitshalo zabo ezinkingeni nezifo.
Iphrojekthi yokubambisana phakathi Isandiso se-WSU kanye Nesikhungo Sokucwaninga Ngezolimo senyuvesi, i-DAS isekelwa abasebenzisi abathola izincomo zesikhathi sangempela kanye nezaziso zama-smartphone lapho izimo ezibucayi zisongela izitshalo zabo. Uhlelo lusetshenziswa ngaphezu kuka-90% we-acreage yezithelo zesihlahla sase-Washington, nokonga okulinganiselwe kubasebenzisi cishe kwezigidi ezingu-20 zamaRandi ngonyaka.
Umqondisi wangaphambili uVince Jones wehlile esikhundleni ngoJanuwari ngemuva kokusebenza i-DAS kusukela ngo-2013. Uhlela ukuthatha umhlalaphansi ngoMashi.
Ilungu lobuhlakani be-WSU kusukela ngo-2000, uJones waqala ukuthuthukisa uhlelo olwaba yi-DAS ngo-1985, enza amamodeli namathuluzi amaningi eceleni kweqembu elishintshayo labahlanganyeli.
"Sidale uhlelo olungcono kakhulu lokusekela izinqumo emhlabeni," kusho uJones. "Ngiyaziqhenya ngakho, futhi ngijabule ukubona ukuthi yiziphi izindlela ezintsha u-Dave azothatha ngazo uhlelo."
"U-Vince Jones uye waba yimbangela ye-DAS," kusho uVicki McCracken, i-Associate Dean kanye noMqondisi we-WSU Extension. “Ingxenye enkulu yindalo yakhe, futhi u-Extension uyaziqhenya ngamagxathu athathwa yilolu hlelo oluphambili ngesikhathi ephethe. Ngimbonga ngokusuka enhliziyweni ngeminyaka engamashumi amabili esebenzela abakhiqizi bezolimo esifundeni sethu.”
“Ithimba lososayensi, ongoti beZandiso, kanye nababambiqhaza abazisa amamodeli wesistimu bebebaluleke kakhulu empumelelweni yalo, nakho okwenzeka ngokuzikhandla kukaDkt Jones,” kwengeza uLaura Lavine, uSolwazi kanye noSihlalo wenhlangano. I-WSU Department of Entomology. “UDkt. I-Crowder ngeke iqhubeke nalo mzamo kuphela, kodwa izokwakhela phezu kwayo.”
Asetshenziswa kumahektare amaningi ezithelo zezihlahla e-Washington, amamodeli we-WSU's Decision Aid System asiza abalimi babikezele futhi balawule ukuthuthwa kwempova, kanye nezinselele ezivela ezinambuzaneni, izifo, nokuphazamiseka. Uhlelo lunwebela kumazambane ngo-2021.
I-Crowder ihlanganyele nethimba le-DAS iminyaka embalwa, isiza ekwakheni ikhithi yamathuluzi entsha yamazambane. Umsebenzi wakhe, ukuthuthukisa amasu okukhulisa ukusimama kwemvelo yezolimo, uhambisana nomsebenzi we-DAS wokuletha ulwazi olungachemile kubenzi bezinqumo.
Ngaphansi komqondisi wayo omusha wesikhashana, i-DAS izokhula ifake izinkundla zokwenza ngokwezifiso zabasebenzisi abafuna ukusebenzisa idatha yabo yesimo sezulu kanye nokuqapha izinambuzane.
Ngo-2021, uhlelo luzokhula lube amazambane. I-Crowder ibambisana nemboni yamazambane, abalimi, nososayensi ukuze bakhe amathuluzi asebenziseka kalula, futhi ithimba lihlola amandla okwengeza ezinye izitshalo.
“Ngijabule ngokuqhubeka nokwakha izici ezintsha ohlelweni lwe-DAS, nokusebenzisana nababambiqhaza ukuhlonza izindlela esingabambisana nabo ukuze sixazulule izinkinga ezibalulekile ezibhekene nezimboni zezithelo nezamazambane,” usho kanje. “I-WSU inobuchwepheshe obuqinile kwezolimo ezidijithali, futhi sithemba ukuthi sizoqhubeka nokubamba iqhaza ekugcineni i-DAS ihamba phambili ekusungulweni kwezolimo.