Using back propagation
network algorithms with joint purchase techniques to make profits in a leisure
farming district
Chih-Yao Lo
Cheng-I Hou y
Hung-Teng Chang z
Department of
Information Management
Yu-Da College of
Bussiness
No. 168, Hsueh-fu
Rd.,Tanwen Village
Chaochiao Township,
Miaoli County
361,Taiwan
R.O.C.
After five years since
Taiwan joining in W.T.O. in 2000, foreign agricultural products are allowed to
import freely into the country. Facing the impact, how to reduce the production
cost of agricultural products will be an important topic. In a time of
micro-profit, the production cost has often become an important factor that may
affect the operation of farms in leisure farming districts. It is particularly
obvious to the production cost of agricultural products. Joint purchase is one
of effective and feasible way to reduce production cost. Joint purchase may
achieve the purpose of using quantity to restrain and reduce prices. However,
in implementing joint purchase in the leisure farming districts could often face
difficulties in finding joint purchase cycle and purchase volume. Therefore,
with a hope to reduce production cost and enhances competitiveness of leisure
farms and creates the second period of prosperity for agriculture in Taiwan.
This paper tries to find a feasible way in searching for joint purchase cycle
and purchase volume in implementing joint purchase in the leisure farming
district by using back propagation network algorithms and combining the use of
maximum profit function.
Keywords and phrases
: Joint
purchase, back propagation network, maximum profit function, leisure farming
district.