Forecasting Livestock Activity through Interpretable Neuroevolutionary Transfer Learning

In this paper, we describe a neuroevolutionary approach to livestock activity forecasting, specifically targeting the prediction of Iberian pigs movements. We successfully integrated Transfer Learning to save computational time and used an Explainable Artificial Intelligence technique to provide val...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Vellinger, Aymeric, Rodrı́guez Dı́az, Francesc, Divina, Federico, Torres Maldonado, José Francisco
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2026
País:España
Institución:Universidad Pablo de Olavide (UPO)
Repositorio:RIO. Repositorio Institucional Olavide
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:rio.upo.es:10433/26300
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10433/26300
Access Level:acceso embargado
Palabra clave:Time series forecasting
Neuroevolution
Deep Learning
Explainable Artificial Intelligence
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Sumario:In this paper, we describe a neuroevolutionary approach to livestock activity forecasting, specifically targeting the prediction of Iberian pigs movements. We successfully integrated Transfer Learning to save computational time and used an Explainable Artificial Intelligence technique to provide valuable insights from the model predictions. Inspired by previous work, we employ Deep Evolutionary Network Structured Representation to optimize both Long Short-Term Memory networks and Convolutional Neural Networks using genetic algorithms and dynamic structured grammatical evolution, and we compare the results with other commonly used approaches for time series forecasting. Experimental results demonstrate the superior performance of the proposed Long Short-Term Memory models over more traditional methods, highlighting their precision and consistency in predicting livestock activities. Furthermore, the application of Explainable Artificial Intelligence techniques enable to gain a deeper understanding and trust in AI-driven decisions within precision livestock farming.