Modeling Pheromone Dispensers Using Genetic Programming

Authors:
Eva Alfaro-Cid;Anna I. Esparcia-Alcázar;Pilar Moya;Beatriu Femenia-Ferrer;Ken Sharman;J. J. Merelo
Affiliations:
Instituto Tecnológico de Informática, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia,;Instituto Tecnológico de Informática, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia,;Instituto Agroforestal del Mediterráneo - Centro de Ecología Química Agrícola (IAM-CEQA), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia,;Instituto Agroforestal del Mediterráneo - Centro de Ecología Química Agrícola (IAM-CEQA), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia,;Instituto Tecnológico de Informática, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia,;Dept. de Arquitectura y Tecnología de Computadores, Universidad de Granada,
Venue:
EvoWorkshops '09 Proceedings of the EvoWorkshops 2009 on Applications of Evolutionary Computing: EvoCOMNET, EvoENVIRONMENT, EvoFIN, EvoGAMES, EvoHOT, EvoIASP, EvoINTERACTION, EvoMUSART, EvoNUM, EvoSTOC, EvoTRANSLOG
Year:
2009

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Abstract

Mating disruption is an agricultural technique that intends to substitute the use of insecticides for pest control. This technique consists of the diffusion of large amounts of sexual pheromone, so that the males are confused and mating is disrupted. Pheromones are released using devices called dispensers. The speed of release is, generally, a function of time and atmospheric conditions such as temperature and humidity. One of the objectives in the design of the dispensers is to minimise the effect of atmospheric conditions in the performance of the dispenser. With this objective, the Centro de Ecología Química Agrícola (CEQA) has designed an experimental dispenser that aims to compete with the dispensers already in the market. The hypothesis we want to validate (and which is based on experimental results) is that the performance of the CEQA dispenser is independent of the atmospheric conditions, as opposed to the most widely used commercial dispenser, Isomate CPlus. This was done using a genetic programming (GP) algorithm. GP evolved functions able to describe the performance of both dispensers and that support the initial hypothesis.