arxivmath.OCeess.SY2026-07-08
Improving greenhouse fruit-production control by integrating reinforcement learning into short-horizon model predictive control
Bart van Laatum, Salim Msaad, Eldert J. van Henten, Robert D. McAllister, Sjoerd Boersma
Greenhouse fruit-production control aims to maximize the economic performance (fruit revenue minus operating costs) while operating within system constraints under external weather disturbances. Control methods need to balance the delayed economic benefit of fruit yield with curr…