Table 1 Summary of relevant literature.

From: Adaptive production strategy in vertical farm digital twins with Q-learning algorithms

Research Stream

Reference

Application context

Focus

Hybrid Modeling Approach

Dt in agriculture

Kampket et al.9

Potato harvesting

Business model of potato DT

NA

Skobelev et al.10

Wheat farming

Multi-agent DT ontology for wheat growth and yield forecast

Agent-based simulation and traditional optimisation

Kim and Heo12

Mandarin orchards

Multi-scale DTs of orchards for sugar content and fruit size prediction

Automated machine learing algorithm

Li et al.14

Vertical farming

MINLP optimisation with sustainability assessment; system modeling

MINLP optimisation

Ghandaret al.2

Aquaponic systems

Fish and plant growth predicton

Comparisons among Linear regression, support vector regression, decision trees, XGBoost with decision trees

DT in production and supply chains

Badakhshan & Ball5

Supply chain planning

Decision-making under disruptions

Discrete-event simulation and decision-tree algorithm

Corsiniet al.13

Manufacturing supply chain

Replenishment and storage resilience under disruptions

Artificial neural network and particle swarm optimisation

Maheswariet al.15

Food supply chain

Supply chain productivity

Agent-based simulation and MILP

Du et al.17

Flow shop scheduling

Assembly completion time and energy efficiency

Knowledge-based bi-objective collaborative optimisation and Q learning

Current Study

Urban vertical farming

DT implementation for yield with demand fluctuation and energy consideration

MILP and Q-learning algorithms