Dairy farming can be an energy intensive form of farming. Understanding the factors affecting electricity consumption on dairy farms is crucial for farm owners and energy providers. In order to accurately estimate electricity demands in dairy farms, it is necessary to develop a model. In this research paper, an agent-based model is proposed to model the electricity consumption of Irish dairy farms. The model takes into account various factors that affect the energy consumption of dairy farms, including herd size, number of milking machines, and time of year. The outputs are validated using existing state-of-the-art dairy farm modelling frameworks. The proposed agent-based model is fully explainable, which is an advantage over other Artificial Intelligence techniques, e.g. deep learning.

翻译：乳牛养殖是一种高能耗的农业形式。理解影响乳牛场电力消耗的关键因素对养殖业主和能源供应商至关重要。为准确估算乳牛场的电力需求，有必要建立相应模型。本研究提出一种基于智能体的模型（agent-based model），用于模拟爱尔兰乳牛场的电力消耗情况。该模型综合考虑了影响乳牛场能耗的多项因素，包括畜群规模、挤奶机数量及季节变化等。模型输出结果通过现有最先进的乳牛场建模框架进行验证。相较于其他人工智能技术（如深度学习），所提出的智能体模型具有完全可解释性的优势。