Fig 1.
Diagram illustrating the main processes of the functional-structural rice model and interaction with the MPSO algorithm.
Fig 2.
Diagram representing the flow chart of MPSO.
Table 1.
Parameters used within MPSO.
Table 2.
List of switching points in optimization procedure.
Fig 3.
Dynamics of rice spacing within the optimization procedure with MPSO applied on a 3D rice model.
Fig 4.
Dynamics of fitness within the optimization procedures with MPSO applied on a 3D rice model.
Fig 5.
Final growth status of simulated rice plants (spacing: 18.3 cm) with different phenotypes.
A population of 6 x 6 individuals is depicted.
Fig 6.
Final growth status of simulated rice plants with spacing of 18.5 cm.
Table 3.
Optimal spacing and corresponding fitness value for the five optimization experiments based on the rice model.