Design of fuzzy control algorithm for precious irrigation system in greenhouse

Abstract

The precious irrigation is of great significance for arid and semiarid area. According to the special environment of greenhouse, a fuzzy control algorithm was proposed to make an optimal irrigation strategy based on the actual measured soil humidity during the whole plant growth process. The fuzzy control system had two inputs (soil humidity error and its rate) and one output (water level difference). In this paper, the fuzzy control algorithm was introduced in detail which included the setting of input and output, the selection of membership function and the setting of fuzzy rules. The fuzzy control system was meaningful to the smart water-saving irrigation in greenhouse. © 2012 IFIP Federation for Information Processing.