ISHS Acta Horticulturae 534: International Conference and British-Israeli Workshop on Greenhouse Techniques towards the 3rd Millennium
ROSE-FLOWERS PRODUCTION IN GREENHOUSES |
| Authors: | E. Presnov, E. Dayan, Z. Plaut, E. Matan, M. Fuchs |
| Keywords: | Difference equations, Markov chain, flower's cycle, picked flower data, simulation of flower's reproduction |
| Abstract:
This paper describes how a growing population of flowers in greenhouse may be distributed among age classes or flower stages, and defines conditions necessary to simulate real population development. A model describing the changes in flower numbers during growth is presented. The model predicts that during flower reproduction with random parameters for transition to a new generation, any flower population approaches a real behavior if it has sinusoidal external force (e.g. seasonal behavior). According to this model, flower growth simulation is possible if there is a suitable factor multiplication for flower reproduction. This point is illustrated by a set of graphs showing snapshots of model simulations with different parameter sets for transitions. | |
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