Multi-objective optimal crop plan for optimum groundwater utilization considering profit maximization: A case study

Abstract

This paper presents a multi-objective optimization problem to identify an optimal crop plan by simultaneously maximizing profit and reducing groundwater utilization. An important economic and sustainable agricultural decision-making task is to make optimal use of resource constraints in a given planting period. To solve the problem, the NSGA II and NSGA III algorithms are used. The performance and effectiveness of both algorithms are examined by comparison of the results. In addition, the Pareto fronts are presented with graphical comparisons. The findings show that NSGA-III is a more viable tool than NSGA II to solve an optimal crop planning problem.