Effectiveness of Piecewise interpolation and Lagrange’s interpolation in the implementation of Drip Irrigation system

Abstract

Abstract: Farmers are the backbone of Indian economy. Water supply is the vertebra of the crop yield. Both less and more water supply can directly impact on the crop growth. Drip irrigation is one of the best suited techniques for the same. For the proper water supply soil moisture must be taken into account. Soil moisture can be tracked with the help of interpolation. Soil moisture really helps in proper water utilization on the basis of the crop yield. The collected parameter values generating data set which can be used to point out the required new values. Thus leads for certain decisions for precision agriculture. Interpolation techniques save the efforts and amount of time needed for the proper water supply which helps for the best crop yield. The paper presents detailing about research carried out through interpolation techniques for water optimization. Two interpolation methods were used viz. Lagrange’s and Piecewise interpolation which resulted in smooth functioning of the water supply to the crops through drip irrigation. The langrage’s methods optimize 35% of water whereas Piecewise optimizes 24%. The detailed comparative analysis is given in the paper.