Microssimulação do trajeto de máquinas agrícolas utilizando o software NetLogo

Abstract

With the expansion of cultivated areas, the mechanized assemblies became indispensable, representing a considerable portion of the total cost of production. Thus, in order to minimize these costs, we are currently seeking to maximize efficiency during operation. Some software allows the definition and measurement of the routes, however, they do not allow the realization of na on the fly simulation of the calculated routes. In this sense, the objective of this work is to elaborate an environment of microsimulation for agricultural machines, in which the user can observe the data of efficiency and the trajectory developed. For this, we used the NetLogo platform, along with some input parameters such as: width and length of the field and the machine. For the validation of the simulator, three rectangular areas with different dimensions and three types of path were evaluated. The efficiency values obtained by means of simulation were compared to the values calculated manually from the Efficiency equation. It was verified that the correlation between the obtained and the simulated efficiencies was of 0.997 and, in the scope of the analyzed areas, being that the route that demonstrated greater efficiency was the horizontal one.