Forecast and Analysis of Agricultural Products Logistics Demand Based on Informer Neural Network: Take the Central China Aera as An Example

doi:10.12133/j.smartag.SA202302001

Abstract

Abstract:

Ensuring the stability of agricultural products logistics is the key to ensuring people's livelihood. The forecast of agricultural products logistics demand is an important guarantee for rational planning of agricultural products logistics stability. However, the forecasting of agricultural products logistics demand is actually complicated, and it will be affected by various factors in the forecasting process. Therefore, in order to ensure the accuracy of forecasting the logistics demand of agricultural products, many influencing factors need to be considered. In this study, the logistics demand of agricultural products is taken as the research object, relevant indicators from 2017 to 2021 were selected as characteristic independent variables and a neural network model for forecasting the logistics demand of agricultural products was constructed by using Informer neural network. Taking Henan province, Hubei province and Hunan province in Central China as examples, the logistics demands of agricultural products in the three provinces were predicted. At the same time, long short-term memory network (LSTM) and Transformer neural network were used to forecast the demand of agricultural products logistics in three provinces of Central China, and the prediction results of the three models were compared. The results showed that the average percentage of prediction test error based on Informer neural network model constructed in this study was 3.39%, which was lower than that of LSTM and Transformer neural network models of 4.43% and 4.35%. The predicted value of Informer neural network model for three provinces was close to the actual value. The predicted value of Henan province in 2021 was 4185.33, the actual value was 4048.10, and the error was 3.389%. The predicted value of Hubei province in 2021 was 2503.64, the actual value was 2421.78, and the error was 3.380%. The predicted value of Hunan province in 2021 was 2933.31, the actual value was 2836.86, and the error was 3.340%. Therefore, it showed that the model can accurately predict the demand of agricultural products logistics in three provinces of Central China, and can provide a basis for rational planning and policy making of agricultural products logistics. Finally, the model and parameters were used to predict the logistics demand of agricultural products in Henan, Hunan, and Hubei provinces in 2023, and the predicted value of Henan province in 2023 was 4217.13; Hubei province was 2521.47, and Hunan province was 2974.65, respectively. The predicted values for the three provinces in 2023 are higher than the predicted values in 2021. Therefore, based on the logistics and transportation supporting facilities in 2021, it is necessary to ensure logistics and transportation efficiency and strengthen logistics and transportation capacity, so as to meet the growing logistics demand in Central China.

Key words: agricultural products, demand forecast, Informer neural network, long short-term memory network (LSTM), Transformer, deep learning

CLC Number:

TP 393.01

ZUO Min, HU Tianyu, DONG Wei, ZHANG Kexin, ZHANG Qingchuan. Forecast and Analysis of Agricultural Products Logistics Demand Based on Informer Neural Network: Take the Central China Aera as An Example[J]. Smart Agriculture, 2023, 5(1): 34-43.

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Table 1

Sample data sets of indicators affecting the logistics demand of agricultural products in three provinces of Central China

年份	省份	G1/亿元	G2/元	G3/元	G4/亿元	G5/亿元	G6/亿元	G7/千公顷	G8/万吨公里	G9/公斤	G10/万吨	G11/千公顷	G12/万吨	G13/万公里	G14/万公里	S/万吨	X/万	Y/千克
2017	河南	44824.9	20170	13730	4139.3	20940.3	19745.3	14732.53	6524.25	683.49	11271.39	16670.25	230114	0.54	26.78	3215.1	9829	327.1
	湖南	33828.1	23103	17160	2998.4	13459.8	17369.9	8321.97	3073.6	449.29	5432.21	10248.41	225551	0.47	23.97	2562.3	6633	386.3
	湖北	37235	23757	16938	3529	15713.9	17992.2	7956.14	2846.13	482.93	5374.29	9796.19	188107	0.42	26.95	2030.4	5904	343.9
2018	河南	49935.9	21964	15169	4311.1	22038.6	23586.2	14783.35	6648.91	693.9	11369.49	16776.68	259884	0.54	26.86	3231.4	9864	327.6
	湖南	36329.7	25241	18808	3084.2	13904.1	19341.4	8111.09	3022.90	439.41	5424.7	10095.08	229957	0.51	24.01	2483.5	6635	374.3
	湖北	42022	25815	19538	3548.2	17573.9	20899.9	7952.9	2839.47	480.49	5414.61	9807.57	204307	0.43	27.50	2015.3	5917	340.6
2019	河南	53717.8	23903	16332	4635.7	23035.6	26046.5	14713.98	6695.36	695.81	11447.8	16914.99	219024	0.65	26.98	3464.4	9901	349.9
	湖南	39894.1	27680	20479	3647.2	15401.7	20845.2	8122.79	2974.84	430.6	4730.02	10581.25	189740	0.56	24.06	2580.97	6640	388.7
	湖北	45429	28319	21567	3809.4	18723	22896.5	7815.89	2724.98	460.15	5338.46	10271.75	188133	0.52	28.9	2034.74	5927	343.3
2020	河南	54259.4	24810	16143	5354	22220.9	26684.5	14687.99	6825.8	688.02	11584.08	16737.73	219939	0.65	27.03	3777.58	9941	380
	湖南	41542.6	29380	20998	4240.7	15949.2	21352.7	8400.13	3015.12	453.91	4440.67	10409.77	200878	0.56	24.11	2700.53	6645	406.4
	湖北	43004.5	27881	19246	4133.2	15933.8	22937.6	7974.39	2727.43	467.35	5339.24	9753.15	160422	0.52	282.96	2205.51	5745	383.9
2021	河南	58887.4	26811	18391	5620.8	24331.6	28934.9	14705.13	6544.17	660.23	11282.39	16713.72	255551	0.65	27.16	4048.1	9883	409.6
	湖南	46063.1	31993	22798	4322.9	18126.1	23614.1	8504.26	3074.36	463.46	4701.37	10552.7	224465	0.56	24.19	2836.86	6622	428.4
	湖北	50012.9	30829	23846	4661.7	18952.9	26398.4	8109.24	2764.33	477.64	5589.54	9949.02	214762	0.52	29.69	2421.78	5830	415.4

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环境类型	环境名称	参数
操作系统	Windows 10	64 bit
硬件信息	CPU	Intel（R） Core（TM） i5-8265U CPU @ 1.60 GHz （8 CPUs）~1.8 GHz
	GPU	Radeon 540X Series
	RAM	16 GB
软件工具	Python 3.7	Numpy 1.21.6
		Scikit_Learn 1.0.2
		Pandas 1.3.5
		Torch 1.12.1
		Matplotlib 3.5.3

折叠数量	训练错误		测试错误
折叠数量	绝对误差	误差百分比/%	绝对误差	误差百分比/%
Informer 1倍	77.21	4.61	85.96	5.17
Informer 2倍	21.49	2.17	31.19	2.34
Informer 3倍	20.87	2.23	33.47	2.53
Informer 4倍	32.94	3.54	37.26	3.59
Informer 5倍	30.37	3.43	36.61	3.36
Informer平均值	36.58	3.07	44.89	3.39
LSTM 1倍	85.37	6.31	81.96	5.97
LSTM 2倍	31.23	4.21	38.23	3.64
LSTM 3倍	22.87	3.03	35.57	3.83
LSTM 4倍	34.74	3.84	28.31	2.89
LSTM 5倍	28.37	3.75	33.18	3.16
LSTM平均值	40.52	4.37	43.45	4.43
Transformer 1倍	81.07	4.61	82.15	5.17
Transformer 2倍	39.61	3.77	47.59	2.34
Transformer 3倍	27.53	2.03	38.26	3.47
Transformer 4倍	37.81	3.54	35.81	3.19
Transformer 5倍	33.41	3.43	31.73	3.06
Transformer平均值	39.61	3.07	47.11	4.35

序号	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	G7	G8	G9	G10	G11	G12	G13	G14	X	Y	绝对误差/%
1	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	3.39
2	×	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	3.52
3	√	×	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	3.58
4	√	√	×	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	3.81
5	√	√	√	×	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	3.77
6	√	√	√	√	×	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	3.86
7	√	√	√	√	√	×	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	3.46
8	√	√	√	√	√	√	×	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	4.07
9	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	×	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	3.44
10	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	×	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	3.47
11	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	×	√	√	√	√	√	√	3.62
12	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	×	√	√	√	√	√	3.53
13	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	×	√	√	√	√	3.74
14	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	×	√	√	√	3.48
15	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	×	√	√	3.51
16	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	×	√	3.43
17	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	×	3.52

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