Agronomic Database and Data Model

A data processing apparatus comprising:

• one or more databases storing data records representative of reference values of a plurality of agronomic inputs to a farmable zone and a reference value of an agronomic output of the farmable zone;
• one or more processing devices;
• and
• one or more machine-readable hardware storage devices storing instructions that are executable by the one or more processing devices to cause the one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising:
• accessing, from the one or more databases, the stored data records;
• performing one or more iterations of an iterative process, including:
• generating a set of values of an input set of agronomic inputs including a potential value of an agronomic input of the farmable zone;
• generating a predicted value of the agronomic output by applying an agronomic simulator to the generated set of values of the input set of agronomic inputs, and
• based on the predicted value of the agronomic output, determining a score for the set of values of the input set by applying a scoring function to the predicted value of the agronomic output and the reference value of the agronomic output,
• wherein, for a first of the iterations, the generated set of values of the input set is generated based, at least in part, on the reference values of the plurality of agronomic inputs, and
• wherein, for each iteration subsequent to the first iteration, the generated set of values of the input set is generated based, at least in part, on the score determined in the previous iteration;
• selecting, from the generated sets of values of input sets of agronomic inputs, a particular set of values of an input set of agronomic inputs based on a score of the particular set of values relative to scores of other sets of values of the input set;
• and
• determining an inferred value of the agronomic input of the farmable zone based, at least in part, on the particular set of values of the input set.

A system comprising:

• one or more processing devices;
• and
• one or more machine-readable hardware storage devices comprising instructions that are executable by the one or more processing devices to cause the one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising:
• accessing, from a database, data records including collected data representing reference values of a plurality of agronomic inputs and reference values of one or more agronomic outputs of a farmable zone;
• obtaining an input set of values of one or more of the agronomic inputs from the reference values of the agronomic inputs in the collected data;
• predicting an output set of values of one or more agronomic outputs by applying an agronomic simulator to the input set;
• using a metaheuristic to determine scores for the input set comprising:
• scoring a saliency of the output set based, at least in part, on the reference values of the agronomic outputs, and
• determining the scores for the input set based, at least in part, on the scored saliency of the output set;
• and
• determining an inferred value of an agronomic input of the farmable zone based on the scores of the input set.

A method performed by a data processing apparatus, the method comprising:

• accessing, from a database, data records including collected data representing reference values of a plurality of agronomic inputs and reference values of one or more reference agronomic outputs of a farmable zone;
• obtaining an input set of values of one or more of the agronomic inputs from the reference values of the agronomic inputs in the collected data;
• predicting an output set of values of one or more agronomic outputs by applying an agronomic simulator to the input set;
• using a metaheuristic to determine scores for the input set comprising:
• scoring a saliency of the output set based, at least in part, on the reference values of the agronomic outputs, and
• determining the scores for the input set based, at least in part, on the scored saliency of the output set;
• and
• determining an inferred value of an agronomic input of the farmable zone based, at least in part, on the scores of the input set.