Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technologies in the Food Industry: Current Applications and Future Perspectives
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https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v14i5.1399-1405.8489Keywords:
Food processes , Food quality control , Artificial intelligence , Internet of Things , Big Data AnalyticsAbstract
Today, artificial intelligence studies have spread across a wide range of applications and uses. They have begun to be used in agriculture and food applications. Some important food production principles should be planned and implemented by making accurate production plans with the highest use of current technologies, nevertheless it is clear that artificial intelligence-supported systems will be beneficial to humanity in terms of consuming the produced foods without spoiling and determining the optimum production processes. In food and agriculture, artificial intelligence applications, based on the principles of food safety, desired efficiency, fast decision-making ability and objective approach to results, some systems: for example, Fuzzy Logic, Artificial Neural Networks, Classical Machine Learning, Computer Vision systems, Internet of Things and Big Data Analytics etc. have been applied. The integration between these technologies enables the development of a more planned, data-based and predictive production approach, transcending the traditional and innovation-resistant structure of the sector, and the real potential emerges when these systems work together and in harmony. It is necessary and recommended that artificial intelligence studies and applications be expanded in the negative agriculture-food interactions and food security and food safety caused by the climate changes experienced in recent years. Scientific data obtained in the light of the literature were evaluated with current scientific data on the current applications of artificial intelligence technologies, the developments obtained and future predictions. In this review, the contributions of these digital technologies are explained in the context of key objectives such as sustainability, efficiency, food security and system resilience.
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