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Abstract
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have found prominent yet mostly academic applications in the food supply chain specifically to preserve and optimize the quality of fresh produce and achieve uniformity across the various stages of the cold chain. Nevertheless, the practical use of AI/ML for predictive analytics within real and large-scale commercial food processes, such as banana ripening, is sparse. This study proposes a novel data-driven approach tested and validated on two new large-scale datasets to automate and optimize the banana ripening process in refrigerated marine containers by successfully employing ML in uniformity analysis of the peel color and the pulp temperature of bananas based on atmospheric conditions. The results demonstrate high correlations between the gas concentrations and the uniformity of the process, suggesting that the uniformity of the peel color and the pulp temperature of fruit can be achieved by controlling the concentrations of the CO2 and O2 gas levels. Furthermore, this study, for the first time, achieves accurate algorithmic predictions of oxygen levels from other atmospheric variables to provide an alternative approach for continuous, improved and more cost-effective monitoring of the atmospheric conditions during ripening. A wide-range of predictive models are tested and validated where the Long Short Term Memory regression provides the lowest root-mean-square-errors (0.033 and 0.202) with robust R-squared values (0.999 and 0.959) for two datasets.
期刊介绍:
The journal is devoted exclusively to the publication of original papers, review articles and frontiers articles on biological and technological postharvest research. This includes the areas of postharvest storage, treatments and underpinning mechanisms, quality evaluation, packaging, handling and distribution of fresh horticultural crops including fruit, vegetables, flowers and nuts, but excluding grains, seeds and forages.
Papers reporting novel insights from fundamental and interdisciplinary research will be particularly encouraged. These disciplines include systems biology, bioinformatics, entomology, plant physiology, plant pathology, (bio)chemistry, engineering, modelling, and technologies for nondestructive testing.
Manuscripts on fresh food crops that will be further processed after postharvest storage, or on food processes beyond refrigeration, packaging and minimal processing will not be considered.