An ontology model to represent aquaponics 4.0 system’s knowledge
Aquaponics, one of the vertical farming methods, is a combination of aquaculture and hydroponics. To enhance the production capabilities of the aquaponics system and maximize crop yield on a commercial level, integration of Industry 4.0 technologies is needed. Industry 4.0 is a strategic initiative...
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| description | Aquaponics, one of the vertical farming methods, is a combination of aquaculture and hydroponics. To enhance the production capabilities of the aquaponics system and maximize crop yield on a commercial level, integration of Industry 4.0 technologies is needed. Industry 4.0 is a strategic initiative characterized by the fusion of emerging technologies such as big data and analytics, internet of things, robotics, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. The realization of aquaponics 4.0, however, requires an efficient flow and integration of data due to the presence of complex biological processes. A key challenge in this essence is to deal with the semantic heterogeneity of multiple data resources. An ontology that is regarded as one of the normative tools solves the semantic interoperation problem by describing, extracting, and sharing the domains’ knowledge. In the field of agriculture, several ontologies are developed for the soil-based farming methods, but so far, no attempt has been made to represent the knowledge of the aquaponics 4.0 system in the form of an ontology model. Therefore, this study proposes a unified ontology model, AquaONT, to represent and store the essential knowledge of an aquaponics 4.0 system. This ontology provides a mechanism for sharing and reusing the aquaponics 4.0 system’s knowledge to solve the semantic interoperation problem. AquaONT is built from indoor vertical farming terminologies and is validated and implemented by considering experimental test cases related to environmental parameters, design configuration, and product quality. The proposed ontology model will help vertical farm practitioners with more transparent decision-making regarding crop production, product quality, and facility layout of the aquaponics farm. For future work, a decision support system will be developed using this ontology model and artificial intelligence techniques for autonomous data-driven decisions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-074f63be7ac2439aa3873944bff05e172023-09-03T00:35:19ZengElsevierInformation Processing in Agriculture2214-31732022-12-0194514532An ontology model to represent aquaponics 4.0 system’s knowledgeRabiya Abbasi0Pablo Martinez1Rafiq Ahmad2Aquaponics 4.0 Learning Factory (AllFactory), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, 9211 116 St., Edmonton, AB T6G 2G8, CanadaAquaponics 4.0 Learning Factory (AllFactory), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, 9211 116 St., Edmonton, AB T6G 2G8, CanadaCorresponding author.; Aquaponics 4.0 Learning Factory (AllFactory), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, 9211 116 St., Edmonton, AB T6G 2G8, CanadaAquaponics, one of the vertical farming methods, is a combination of aquaculture and hydroponics. To enhance the production capabilities of the aquaponics system and maximize crop yield on a commercial level, integration of Industry 4.0 technologies is needed. Industry 4.0 is a strategic initiative characterized by the fusion of emerging technologies such as big data and analytics, internet of things, robotics, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. The realization of aquaponics 4.0, however, requires an efficient flow and integration of data due to the presence of complex biological processes. A key challenge in this essence is to deal with the semantic heterogeneity of multiple data resources. An ontology that is regarded as one of the normative tools solves the semantic interoperation problem by describing, extracting, and sharing the domains’ knowledge. In the field of agriculture, several ontologies are developed for the soil-based farming methods, but so far, no attempt has been made to represent the knowledge of the aquaponics 4.0 system in the form of an ontology model. Therefore, this study proposes a unified ontology model, AquaONT, to represent and store the essential knowledge of an aquaponics 4.0 system. This ontology provides a mechanism for sharing and reusing the aquaponics 4.0 system’s knowledge to solve the semantic interoperation problem. AquaONT is built from indoor vertical farming terminologies and is validated and implemented by considering experimental test cases related to environmental parameters, design configuration, and product quality. The proposed ontology model will help vertical farm practitioners with more transparent decision-making regarding crop production, product quality, and facility layout of the aquaponics farm. For future work, a decision support system will be developed using this ontology model and artificial intelligence techniques for autonomous data-driven decisions.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214317321000937Aquaponics 4.0Industry 4.0Ontology modelingKnowledge modelingDecision support system |
| spellingShingle | Rabiya Abbasi Pablo Martinez Rafiq Ahmad An ontology model to represent aquaponics 4.0 system’s knowledge Information Processing in Agriculture Aquaponics 4.0 Industry 4.0 Ontology modeling Knowledge modeling Decision support system |
| title | An ontology model to represent aquaponics 4.0 system’s knowledge |
| title_full | An ontology model to represent aquaponics 4.0 system’s knowledge |
| title_fullStr | An ontology model to represent aquaponics 4.0 system’s knowledge |
| title_full_unstemmed | An ontology model to represent aquaponics 4.0 system’s knowledge |
| title_short | An ontology model to represent aquaponics 4.0 system’s knowledge |
| title_sort | ontology model to represent aquaponics 4 0 system s knowledge |
| topic | Aquaponics 4.0 Industry 4.0 Ontology modeling Knowledge modeling Decision support system |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214317321000937 |
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