Stefano Benni

Prof. Stefano Benni

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Academic Career Length

33Years (1994-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 August 2016 in Energy and Buildings
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Stefano BenniStefano Benni
Stefano Benni
PTPatrizia Tassinari
Patrizia Tassinari
FBFilippo Bonora
Filippo Bonora
ABAlberto Barbaresi
Alberto Barbaresi
DTDaniele Torreggiani
Daniele Torreggiani

1 March 2021 in Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
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PTPatrizia Tassinari
Patrizia Tassinari
MBMarco Bovo
Marco Bovo
Stefano BenniStefano Benni
Stefano Benni
SFSimone Franzoni
Simone Franzoni
MPMatteo Poggi
Matteo Poggi
DTDaniele Torreggiani
Daniele Torreggiani

30 April 2021 in Animals
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MARCO BOVOMARCO BOVO
MARCO BOVO
Miki AgrustiMiki Agrusti
Miki Agrusti
Stefano BenniStefano Benni
Stefano Benni
Daniele TorreggianiDaniele Torreggiani
Daniele Torreggiani
PTPatrizia Tassinari
Patrizia Tassinari
Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) relies on several technological approaches to acquire, in the most efficient way, precise and real-time data concerning production and welfare of individual animals. In this regard, in the dairy sector, PLF devices are being increasingly adopted, automatic milking systems (AMSs) are becoming increasingly widespread, and monitoring systems for animals and environmental conditions are becoming common tools in herd management. As a consequence, a great amount of daily recorded data concerning individual animals are available for the farmers and they could be used effectively for the calibration of numerical models to be used for the prediction of future animal production trends. On the other hand, the machine learning approaches in PLF are nowadays considered an extremely promising solution in the research field of livestock farms and the application of these techniques in the dairy cattle farming would increase sustainability and efficiency of the sector. The study aims to define, train, and test a model developed through machine learning techniques, adopting a Random Forest algorithm, having the main goal to assess the trend in daily milk yield of a single cow in relation to environmental conditions. The model has been calibrated and tested on the data collected on 91 lactating cows of a dairy farm, located in northern Italy, and equipped with an AMS and thermo-hygrometric sensors during the years 2016–2017. In the statistical model, having seven predictor features, the daily milk yield is evaluated as a function of the position of the day in the lactation curve and the indoor barn conditions expressed in terms of daily average of the temperature-humidity index (THI) in the same day and its value in each of the five previous days. In this way, extreme hot conditions inducing heat stress effects can be considered in the yield predictions by the model. The average relative prediction error of the milk yield of each cow is about 18% of daily production, and only 2% of the total milk production.

1 June 2018 in Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
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enrica santolinienrica santolini
enrica santolini
Beatrice PulvirentiBeatrice Pulvirenti
Beatrice Pulvirenti
Stefano BenniStefano Benni
Stefano Benni
LBLuca Barbaresi
Luca Barbaresi
DTDaniele Torreggiani
Daniele Torreggiani
PTPatrizia Tassinari
Patrizia Tassinari

1 January 2013 in Land Use Policy
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PTPatrizia Tassinari
Patrizia Tassinari
DTDaniele Torreggiani
Daniele Torreggiani
Stefano BenniStefano Benni
Stefano Benni

1 September 2014 in Energy and Buildings
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FTFrancesco Tinti
Francesco Tinti
ABAlberto Barbaresi
Alberto Barbaresi
Stefano BenniStefano Benni
Stefano Benni
DTDaniele Torreggiani
Daniele Torreggiani
RBRoberto Bruno
Roberto Bruno
PTPatrizia Tassinari
Patrizia Tassinari