International Journal of Reconfigurable and Embedded Systems (IJRES)

Vol. 13, No. 3, November 2024, pp. 595~603

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Smart farming based on IoT to predict conditions using

machine learning

Mochammad Haldi Widianto, Yovanka Davincy Setiawan, Bryan Ghilchrist, Gerry Giovan
Computer Science Department, School of Computer Science, Bina Nusantara University, Bandung Campus, Jakarta, Indonesia

Article Info ABSTRACT

Article history: Smart farming is a type of technology that utilizes the internet of things
(IoT) to provide information on agricultural and environmental conditions as
Received May 29, 2023 well as perform automation. Some of these ecological conditions can be used
Revised Jan 22, 2024 and analyzed in machine learning (ML) data management. This study
Accepted Mar 21, 2024 focuses on utilizing ML algorithms to find the best prediction; typically used
methods include linear regression, decision tree (DT), random forest (RF),
and extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost). In the application of smart
Keywords: farming, research on IoT and artificial intelligence (AI) is still uncommon
since most IoT cannot make predictions like AI. Because basically, some
Extreme gradient boosting IoT can't make predictions as AI does. In this Study, predictions were made
Internet of things by looking at the regression results in the form of root mean square error
Machine learning (RMSE) and absolute error. The results show a strong and weak correlation
Predict between features (positive or negative). The best prediction results are
Smart farming obtained by XGBoost when predicting temperature (RMSE 6.656 and
absolute error 3.948) and (soil moisture 17.151 and absolute error 11.269).
However, using different parameters (RMSE RF and absolute error DT) on
RF and DT resulted in good and distinct results. Linear regression, on the
other hand, produced unsatisfactory and poor result.
This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA license.

Corresponding Author:
Mochammad Haldi Widianto
Computer Science Department, School of Computer Science, Bina Nusantara University
Bandung Campus, Jakarta, Indonesia
Email: [email protected]

1. INTRODUCTION
Soil is vital for plant life, but it may also be used by many other things, including people. In
agriculture, the soil can be observed through various parameters, including moisture, pH, nutrients, and
mineral content. Many signs could be discovered by focusing on these metrics, particularly soil moisture. For
example, the health of the forest, how it might be damaged if a forest fire occurs, and how insects and other
parasitic organisms are affected. These indicators prompted the necessity to monitor soil moisture
measurement conditions, which are extensive and well-organized around the world [1].
The area in Indonesia is located at the equator, so it only has two seasons. Many mountain ranges
enable the establishment of numerous plant species, which have a considerable impact on soil levels,
particularly moisture, nutrients, temperature, and pH. To achieve the best results, these factors have a large
influence on how the plant develops [2]. Agriculture is an extremely advanced and developed industry since
it is inextricably linked to and influences the food industry. This, combined with the fact that soil is a vital
component of agriculture, caused soil content studies to become more widespread, particularly in agricultural
sectors. Because the Lembang area in Indonesia is mostly used for various plantation and agricultural
activities, the author conducted smart farming study in this area [3].

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The world of agriculture is in dire need of technology, especially research that utilizes the internet of
things (IoT) [4], [5]. IoT contains sensing, and some IoT tools are helpful in getting information about soil,
humidity, temperature, and pH. This is very helpful for farmers and workers in monitoring, automation, and
recommendations. The utilization of technology that uses IoT is also known as smart farming. IoT-based
smart farming has lately gained popularity because it can automatically monitor and maintain the agricultural
sector by involving humans as objects, rather than subjects [6]. Not only that, but smart farming can also be
combined with artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to increase maximum results [7]. Despite their
numerous advantages, IoT tools [8] remain difficult to implement for rural farmers.
The results of IoT [9] sensing devices are raw data that can be processed to become a
recommendation or even forecast data for the future of soil content. Machine learning (ML), which is one of
the derivatives of AI, can help and even improve the quality of the harvest [10]. ML has many things that
decrease human involvement or increase outcomes [10]. Often used methods are random forest (RF), linear
regression, or extreme gradient boost (XGBoost). In addition, there is also the use of using deep learning
(DL). The fundamental difference is that ML requires data to perform classification, while DL does not need
it because it will do the clustering itself.
Abioye et al. [11] researching fresh water that affects the supply of nutrients and irrigation where
plant growth is needed because it is used when there is a lack of rainfall. According to studies, plant activities
require roughly 70% of available water; thus, responsible water consumption management is necessary. This
Study investigates integrating different machine learning models (ML) that can provide optimal irrigation
management decisions. Dubois et al. [7] makes agricultural decisions because it is an essential component in
seeing the results in the future. In the science and context of intelligent agriculture, farmers need data from
sensing devices embedded in crops, leveraging agronomic models to help. The research focuses on
demonstrating the relationship between ML in solving problems as explained previously is because this
method can maximize predictions accurately.
Rahman et al. [12] in his research on statistics, agriculture makes a significant contribution to
mushroom farming in the market. Therefore, the popularity of mushroom cultivation is needed. Farmers,
especially in remote areas, typically still employ traditional methods to monitor crucial factors in fungal growth,
such as temperature, humidity, and pH conditions. As a result, the focus of this research is on using ML and IoT
architecture to construct smart mushroom farming with exceptional results. A study conducted trials on ML
technology has been adopted to classify fungi using ML models such as linear regression (LR), decision tree
(DT), k-nearest neighbour (KNN), naïve bayes (NB), support vector machine (SVM), and RF. The highest
accuracy gained with the ensemble model is 100%. Widianto et al. [5] is a previous study that is the basis of this
study. In a previous study, the author conducted a survey to collect data in mountainous areas. The research
results focus on generating data utilizing IoT tools. Next, the root mean squared error (RMSE) error
measurement was carried out by comparing the results from IoT with the actual value, but not yet utilizing ML
models. According to several studies, few have applied original data from Indonesia's unique regions, especially
West Java. Because the nature of the data from temperature, pH, and humidity varies from country to country,
by using ML, the author can forecast some of these features to help farmers at the forefront.
This research contributes to a comparative model of several ML methods that can be assessed on the
RMSE results and absolute error, to search for the best results in soil condition forecasting for farmers. In this
study, several algorithms will be used to perform comparisons, such as DT [13], [14], RF [15], [16], LR [17],
[18], and XGBoost [19], [20]. By using this algorithm, it can be seen which performance produces the best
predictions. It is hoped that rural farmers can use it with data taken from IoT devices on a secondary basis
(data retrieval has been carried out for several months). After understanding the background of why ML is
needed in forecasting, the next chapter will discuss theory (chapter 2), system design (chapter 3), results
(chapter 4), and conclusions (chapter 5). It is hoped that this research can be used for further research or other
industries.

2. RESEARCH METHOD
2.1. Internet of things
This technology is a system for connecting computers digital and mechanical devices, which
connects subjects, objects, and even liaisons between individuals with a unique design for sending data and
can click human-to-human even on computer-to-human. The connection between the internet is that things in
IoT are like connecting with humans and computers. Many sectors have utilized IoT in daily life by
proliferating intelligent applications and services that use AI. The application of AI techniques requires
centralized data processing and collection. It allows it to be carried out realistically on any application
scheme due to the highly scalable nature of IoT on the network [21]. In this study, IoT is used in retrieving
data that is processed and retrieved in real-time in the Indonesian West Java Region.

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2.2. Smart farming

Smart farming stems from the idea that food shortages and rapid population growth are major global
obstacles. Advanced technologies such as IoT and mobile internet usually support smart farming. IoT is one
of the important components in smart systems because it communicates between devices and sensors in
carrying out fundamental tasks. Smart farming technology can be used for important functions such as
seeding, harvesting, irrigation, weed detection, livestock applications, and pest spraying. Through the help of
technologies such as IoT, big data (BD), AI, ML [22], and DL [23].
All of the previous significantly impact smart farming as it can deliver the entire supply chain,
especially in producing essential crops such as in (for Indonesians). All components are considered in
increasing the variety and amount of data captured in the IoT, and the results of the collected data greatly
affect the modelling process's performance of the ML algorithm [24]. The system can see the flow between
software and hardware components [25]. This technology has also become one of the parameters of the
success of developed countries in developing food security. According to the author, using ML is more
effective if it already has secondary data than ML is used in this research.

2.3. Machine learning

AI has derivatives of techniques that can be applied to computers to do the same thing as human
behaviour or in human decision-making to complete complex tasks independently or with little human
involvement [26]. Therefore, this relates to various other problems because intelligence requires reasoning,
knowledge representation, planning, learning, communication, and perception to refer to different methods
and tools [27]. However, the scheme has faced several obstacles due to the unique nature of humans, who
always struggle to explain all knowledge in a complex manner [28].
ML, on the other hand, can overcome these obstacles; ML can improve program performance by
taking prior experience and performance measures [29]. Therefore, ML can automate the task of building
analytical models that are cognitive in nature in performing language or object detection because ML can
implement programs that can learn from training data. ML can be applied well, especially when the task is
related to data with many features such as regression, classification, and clustering. By learning from
previous experiences, ML can help produce reliable and repeatable decisions [30]. This study will use several
research algorithms using ML, such as RF, LR, DT, and XGBoost.

2.3.1. Linear regression

There are many regression models. This analysis is useful in estimating the variable's value as the
dependent example 'y' with its effect on the independent variable 'x' [31]. However, this study only focuses
on linear regression. This algorithm is a model with the condition that the variable must be single-
independent. Linear regression has the (1):

𝑌 = 𝑎 + 𝑏𝑋 (1)

where 𝑌 =the dependent variable; 𝑋 =the explanatory variable; a =the intercept; b =the slope of the line.
The (1) is a simple formula for performing LR. This algorithm can distinguish the effect between
these variables. However, this algorithm is only used as a simple predictive measurement, so the results are
unlikely to be good for diverse data [32].

2.3.2. Random forest

RF [15] algorithm has a tree for making decisions that can be interpreted with a parametric model.
Done to integrate DT analysis, prediction models like this can be said to be more comprehensive to conclude.
RF regression is a non-parametric regression algorithm derived from a tree.

2.3.3. Decision tree

This algorithm is one of the ML that is often used because it is a popular classifier. Because this
algorithm model is easy to explain, one of them can perform very satisfactorily. DT is widely used because of
the increasing need to use ML models. This model also has many derivatives, so many say that DT is one of
the bases of several models [33].

2.3.4. XGBoost
This algorithm, usually called XGBoost is a boost in the decision method [34]. This algorithm is an
implementation of the gradient adder engine (GBM). This algorithm can be used for several classification
and regression problems. Data researchers very much need this algorithme because it has a very high
computational speed when viewed in core computing [35].

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2.3.5. Matrix correlation

There are numerous matrices to observe; however, in this study, the author focuses on the
correlation matrix, where a matrix has a correlation coefficient with values located in the interval [-1,1]. A
correlation coefficient is part of a value to see how closely the relationship between variables is with other
variables. The set of coefficients is presented in a correlation matrix [36]. The correlation formula itself is
found in (2) [37]:
_ _
∑(𝑥−𝑥)(𝑦−𝑦 )
𝑟= _ _ (2)
√∑(𝑥 − 𝑥)2 √∑(𝑦 − 𝑦 )2

_ _
which 𝑟=correlation coefficient; 𝑥 =data x; 𝑥 =data average 𝑥 ; 𝑦=data 𝑦; 𝑦 =data average 𝑦.
The (2) for each correlation between variables will be mapped in a heat map to show the
relationship's size. Correlation analysis is usually used in statistical measures that can be used in depth to see
different study situations from an efficient identification of relationships between other attributes of a dataset
obtained from IoT tools (see Figure 1) [38].
Data has a positive or strong positive correlation if it continuously increases in the positive direction
and vice versa for negative and strongly negative correlations. On the contrary, if the data is always random,
it will be said to be uncorrelated. However, if the correlation results form a hill, it can be said to have a non-
linear correlation.

Figure 1. Type of correlation [38]

2.3.6. Performance
The regression results usually used several approaches, and this study's authors have several
approaches. Uncertainty is used by the method or observation is used to see the results of the comparison
between observers and the model, so the RMSE approach is applied [39] and absolute error using (3) and (4):

1
√ ∑𝑛𝑖=1 𝑒𝑖2 (3)
𝑛

(∆𝑥) = |𝑥𝑖 − 𝑥| (4)

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in (3) and (4) is one way to find the performance of the regression where n is the data, and i is the amount of
data available. After studying the theory used in this research, the next chapter will explain the system's
design to be formed.

3. SYSTEM DESIGN
In this section, the author will discuss several designs used in conducting this research. According to
the author, these designs are essential in explaining to readers how this study works. Therefore, the author will
explain how the research works through the results: i) data shape, ii) data correlation matrix, and iii) ML design.

3.1. Data shape

Data is retrieved using IoT devices. The author can create ML applications combined with IoT to
make accurate predictions in predicting temperature and soil moisture. Analogous results were obtained
through garden temperature, soil moisture, light resistance, and air humidity. An example of the data form is
shown in Table 1 [5]: i) wemos D1 R2 (ESP8266), ii) capacitive soil moisture sensor, iii) light dependent
resistor (LDR) photoresistor sensor, iv) temperature and humidity sensor (DHT22), v) modem Wi-Fi router,
and vi) power supply unit 5V/10A (PSU). Table 1 shows the results obtained by utilizing IoT sensing
devices. The data will be correlated, which will then be used to see the prediction performance of several ML
with temperature and soil moisture predictions.

3.2. Matrix correlation and machine learning design

As previously explained, this matrix helps see the relationship between several features in the
datasheet. For its use, it utilizes Rapidminer (student version). The design is divided into 2 parts: i) discussing
correlation matrix design and ii) discussing ML design. The design is shown in Figure 2. In Figure 2(a) the
data uses secondary data, which is processed by data normalization, then using (2), the correlation results are
displayed. In the design of processing Table 1 data, several schemes are used, as shown in Figure 2(b). Thus,
the author proposes the design with several parameters, such as: i) split data using automatic sampling, ii) a
regression label is placed on temperature and soil moisture, and iii) performance on RMSE and mean
absolute error (MAE).

Table 1. Research datasheet [5]

Entry id Temperature Soil moisture (%) Light intensity resistance (Ω) Humidity (%)
1 34 100 1024 72
2 33 58 1024 63
3 33 57 1024 70
4 28 57 1024 63
5 27 56 1024 62
6 27 50 1024 61
7 27 44 1024 53
8 29 53 1024 53
9 34 51 1024 69
10 33 53 1024 51

(a) (b)

Figure 2. Flowchart design of (a) matrix correlation design and (b) ML design
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4. RESULT
In this section, the author will discuss the results of this study. These results are a series of combined
ML and IoT that make predictions on data sets. Those can be displayed in the points: i) matrix correlation
result test, ii) regresion temperature test, and iii) regresi soil moisture test.

4.1. Matrix correlation result test

In this section, the results of data correlation will be shown. Data correlation shows the relationship
between features with other features, and feature relationships can be strongly positive or strongly negative.
The results are shown in Table 2, and the heatmap will be shown in Figure 3.
Table 2 shows that temperature has a strong negative correlation with soil moisture, then it is
weakly negative on humidity, while intensity resistance has a weak positive correlation. Distinguishing
strong and weak is seen on the heatmap in Figure 3. If the image gets darker blue it is negative, however a
dark red image is positive. Table 2 also reveals that soil moisture has a strong negative relationship with
temperature, a weak negative relationship with light intensity resistance, and a weak positive relationship
with humidity, as illustrated in Figure 3. Therefore, it can be said that the correlation matrix test shows a
correlation between features that are useful in determining the next performance.

Table 2. Matrix correlation result

Parameter Temperature (°C) Soil moisture (%) Light intensity resistance (Ω) Humidity (%)
Temperature (°C) 1 -0.43452 0.136054 -0.25063
Soil moisture (%) -0.43452 1 -0.28637 0.31639
Light intensity resistance (Ω) 0.136054 -0.28637 1 -0.44699
Humidity (%) -0.25063 0.31639 -0.44699 1

Figure 3. Heatmap correlation result

4.2. Temperature regresion test

In this section, the author will test the performance prediction on temperature data to measure
performance based on several ML approaches and the changed parameters according to the amount of testing
data and training data. Tables 3 and 4 will explain how the prediction results are divided into 2 parts:
− for temperature.
− for soil moisture prediction results.
Tables 3(a) and 4(a) show good performance results in the XGBoost algorithm with the best RMSE
at 6.656 and absolute error at 3.948. This is very reasonable to guide because this algorithm is one of the
best-boosting algorithms and shows if XGBoost can work in a state of correlation between data that not all
features are strong. The results show that the RF outperforms the DT, with an RMSE of 7.013. The absolute
error, however, is bigger than the DT. This indicates that the performance data for each algorithm has the
opposite result, or it can be said that some algorithms are better at different performance approaches as well.

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The worst algorithm for making predictions is linear regression with very large RMSE results and absolute
error.
Tables 3(b) and 4(b) prove that the RMSE and absolute error results for each predicted feature show
the opposite. The best algorithm is still XGBoost, with an RMSE of 17.151 and an absolute error of 11.269,
far from the prediction for temperature. The uncertain nature of soil moisture data features and other
correlation factors evidences this. The same thing happened to the RF with an RMSE of 17.209, which was
better than the DT and had a higher absolute error than the DT. This still proves that the regression test can
produce different results for the algorithm. Poor results are also shown in linear regression and other tests.
This shows that LR is not suitable if used in predictions if the data is unpredictable or data does not have a
robust correlation with other features.

Table 3. RMSE performance ML (a) temperature (amount of training data %/ total testing data %)
and (b) soil moisture (amount of training data %/ total testing data %)
(a) (b)
Parameter 90%/10% 80%/20% 70%/30% Parameter 90%/10% 80%/20% 70%/30%
LR (RMSE) 9.784 9.824 9.837 LR (RMSE) 19.210 19.456 19.654
DT (RMSE) 7.575 7.744 7.947 DT (RMSE) 18.374 18.584 19.383
RF (RMSE) 7.013 7.244 7.325 RF (RMSE) 17.209 17.345 17.940
XGBoost (RMSE) 6.656 6.765 6.889 XGBoost (RMSE) 17.151 17.334 17.993

Table 4. Absolute error performance performance ML (a) temperature (amount of training data %/ total
testing data %) and (b) soil moisture (amount of training data %/ total testing data %)
(a) (b)
Parameter 90%/10% 80%/20% 70%/30% Parameter 90%/10% 80%/20% 70%/30%
LR (absolute error) 8.008 8.017 8.095 LR (absolute error) 16.066 15.674 15.730
DT (absolute error) 4.235 4.405 5.370 DT (absolute error) 11.477 11.617 11.853
RF (absolute error) 5.057 5.133 5.382 RF (absolute error) 11.578 11.713 12.144
XGBoost (absolute 3.948 4.061 4.099 XGBoost (absolute 11.269 11.486 11.774
error) error)

5. CONCLUSION
This work focuses on utilizing some ML in smart farming, and the resulting data in the form of
temperature, soil moisture, light intensity resistance, and humidity. All features are generated from farm IoT
devices. These features generated an abundance of data, which was then predicted using AI, specifically the
AI branch known as ML. Several ML algorithms help prediction, such as linear regression, DT, RF, and
XGBoost. What is tested in this work is the correlation between features in determining feature relationships
and prediction tests in the form of RMSE and absolute error. The results show that XGBoost is very good at
making predictions on this work with the temperature feature, the RMSE is 6.656, and the absolute error is
3.498. There is a uniqueness when comparing RMSE, and absolute error in RF and DT, where the RF is
better when testing RMSE and the DT is better when trying absolute error. In the second test, when the
prediction is placed on the soil moisture feature, the XGBoost algorithm is still better, with only the value of
RMSE and absolute error being more significant. This is due to the nature and type of data on various soil
moisture features. The last result also shows that linear regression is the worst in both tests. This is very
reasonable because LR is not sensitive to data that is not highly correlated.

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BIOGRAPHIES OF AUTHORS

Mochammad Haldi Widianto 5 years teaching at Bina Nusantara University,

Bandung. He has a bachelor's degree in telecommunications engineering and has worked as a
consultant at a ministry in Indonesia. Next, study for a master's degree in the field of electro-
communication. Currently pursuing further studies and getting a doctoral candidate in
computer science at Bina Nusantara University. He can be contacted at email:
[email protected].

Yovanka Davincy Setiawan is an alumnus of the Faculty of Computer Science,

Department of Informatics Engineering, Bina Nusantara University located in Bandung. He
has written a paper on "Development of IoTs-based instrument monitoring application for
smart farming using solar panels as energy source" which was published at IJRES 2023,
which was published in IEEE and presented at ICORIS 2023, and "website and mobile
application design with e-commerce and hydroponic digital marketing for micro, small and
medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the city of Bandung" presented at the ICCD 2021
conference. He can be contacted at email: [email protected].

Bryan Ghilchrist is an alumnus of Faculty of Computer Science, Department of

Informatics Engineering, Bina Nusantara University located in Bandung. He has written a
paper on "Development of IoTs-based instrument monitoring application for smart farming
using solar panels as energy source" which was published at IJRES 2023, which was
published in IEEE and presented at ICORIS 2023, and "website and mobile application design
with e-commerce and hydroponic digital marketing for micro, small and medium enterprises
(MSMEs) in the city of Bandung" presented at the ICCD 2021 conference. He can be
contacted at email: [email protected].

Gerry Giovan is an alumnus and has obtained a bachelor's degree in Faculty of

Computer Science, Department of Informatics Engineering at Bina Nusantara University,
Bandung. His final assignment is an article on the application of IoT in the agricultural sector
which was presented at the 2022 International Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent
Systems (ICORIS). He can be contacted at email: [email protected].

Smart farming based on IoT to predict conditions using machine learning (Mochammad Haldi Widianto)