Modelling Electricity Consumption in Irish Dairy Farms Using Agent-Based Modelling

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Abstract

Dairy farming can be an energy intensive form of farming. Understanding the factors affecting electricity consumption on dairy farms is crucial for farm owners and energy providers. In order to accurately estimate electricity demands in dairy farms, it is necessary to develop a model. In this research paper, an agent-based model is proposed to model the electricity consumption of Irish dairy farms. The model takes into account various factors that affect the energy consumption of dairy farms, including herd size, number of milking machines, and time of year. The outputs are validated using existing state-of-the-art dairy farm modelling frameworks. The proposed agent-based model is fully explainable, which is an advantage over other Artificial Intelligence techniques, e.g. deep learning.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationArtificial Intelligence. ECAI 2023 International Workshops - XAI^3, TACTIFUL, XI-ML, SEDAMI, RAAIT, AI4S, HYDRA, AI4AI 2023, Proceedings
EditorsSławomir Nowaczyk, Przemysław Biecek, Neo Christopher Chung, Mauro Vallati, Paweł Skruch, Joanna Jaworek-Korjakowska, Simon Parkinson, Alexandros Nikitas, Martin Atzmüller, Tomáš Kliegr, Ute Schmid, Szymon Bobek, Nada Lavrac, Marieke Peeters, Roland van Dierendonck, Saskia Robben, Eunika Mercier-Laurent, Gülgün Kayakutlu, Mieczyslaw Lech Owoc, Karl Mason, Abdul Wahid, Pierangela Bruno, Francesco Calimeri, Francesco Cauteruccio, Giorgio Terracina, Diedrich Wolter, Jochen L. Leidner, Michael Kohlhase, Vania Dimitrova
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages230-237
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9783031504846
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
EventInternational Workshops of the 26th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, ECAI 2023 - Kraków, Poland
Duration: 30 Sep 20234 Oct 2023

Publication series

NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Volume1948 CCIS
ISSN (Print)1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)1865-0937

Conference

ConferenceInternational Workshops of the 26th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, ECAI 2023
Country/TerritoryPoland
CityKraków
Period30/09/234/10/23

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