Impact of Different Lag-Days on Predicting One-Week and Two-Weeks Cow Milk Yield Using Automated Milking Systems Data

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Príomhchruthaitheoir: dos Santos Morais, Patrícia Alexandra
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245 1 |a Impact of Different Lag-Days on Predicting One-Week and Two-Weeks Cow Milk Yield Using Automated Milking Systems Data 
260 |b ProQuest Dissertations & Theses  |c 2024 
513 |a Dissertation/Thesis 
520 3 |a This study takes advantage of predictive modeling in dairy farming by addressing key gaps identified in the literature, focusing on forecasting one-week and two-weeks-ahead average milk yield using data from Automated Milking Systems (AMSs). By examining the temporal impacts, more specifically how it affects the predictions, and primiparous and multiparous variability, robust models for milk production were developed using data from multiple farms. Three different machine learning methods were employed: Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost), Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), and Genetic Programming (GP). XGBoost and ANN, were chosen based on their established effectiveness, while GP introduced a novel approach in the field. The analysis considered seven different lag periods (1 to 7 days) of data to evaluate the importance of historical data in prediction accuracy for both one-week and two-weeks-ahead predictions. The data was also divided by the lactation group (primiparous and multiparous), resulting in 28 different datasets. The findings indicated strong predictive performance, particularly for one-week-ahead forecasts. As expected, the performance decreased for two-weeks-ahead predictions, underscoring the challenges of longer-term forecasting. XGBoost demonstrated the best predictive performance, achieving, overall, the lowest RMSE values on unseen data, while GP showed the weakest performance and ANN yielded variable results. The study revealed that increased lag data significantly enhanced XGBoost’s predictions, whereas ANN and GP showed more variable impacts from lag periods. Despite XGBoost’s overall superior accuracy, it exhibited substantial overfitting when trained on primiparous data and tested on multiparous cows. On the contrary, ANN and GP showed a better generalization. The GP approach, though presenting lower predictive ability, enabled the identification of the most important features for predictions. The milk yield, number of days in lactation, and number of milking failures from the previous days were particularly important across all models. The unexpected prominence of the number of milking failures suggests its critical role in forecasting milk yield, offering new insights for farm management and animal welfare. 
653 |a Machine learning 
653 |a Neurons 
653 |a Animal welfare 
653 |a Computers 
653 |a Back propagation 
653 |a Dairy farms 
653 |a Optimization techniques 
653 |a Mutation 
653 |a Genetic algorithms 
653 |a Neural networks 
653 |a Productivity 
653 |a Mathematical functions 
653 |a Milk production 
653 |a Systems science 
653 |a Animal sciences 
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786 0 |d ProQuest  |t ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global 
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