Title :
Simulation of animals´ heat balance
Author_Institution :
St. Petersburg Inst. for Inf. & Autom., St. Petersburg, Russia
Abstract :
A model is presented which allows one to calculate heat production and heat losses of the animal body, depending on its activity and weather and climate conditions (air temperature, wind speed, precipitation, and solar radiation). This version of the model is a special one, as it includes the active system of thermal regulation, which allows keeping the temperature homeostasis of the animal body using all available means. The external factors influence the thermoregulation system indirectly, by changing the animal´s body total heat. The model identification results and the recommendations concerning the use of the results are presented.
Keywords :
biocybernetics; heat; heat losses; activity condition; air temperature; animal body; animal heat balance simulation; climate condition; heat losses; heat production; model identification; precipitation; solar radiation; temperature homeostasis; thermal regulation active system; weather condition; wind speed; heat losses; heat production; modeling; the animal´s activity; thermoregulation; weather and climate factors;
Conference_Titel :
Problems of Cybernetics and Informatics (PCI), 2012 IV International Conference
Conference_Location :
Baku
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4500-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICPCI.2012.6486374
