Search

Fruit cultivation is very promising for farmers. But there are problems faced by farmers, namely the lack of understanding of farmers with natural conditions that can affect crop yields. So with the selection of plants that are not appropriate, it does not get satisfactory results. Various types of fruit crops can be cultivated by farmers, such as oranges, guava, rambutan, watermelon, avocado, and so on. But it should be noted, that in the cultivation is expected to be cultivated plants in accordance with natural circumstances. This Designing created application to help determine the cultivation of fruit crops. In determining the cultivation of fruit crops in accordance with the criteria using the Technique Method for Others Reference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) as a tool to facilitate decision-making process with several criteria of comparison, namely: temperature, sunlight, rainfall and humidity, height, harvest, selling power, susceptibility to disease, and care levels. This application is made based on the web by using PHP as a programming language and MySQL as the data storage. The use of decision support system application of the cultivation of these fruit crops can provide an output or alternative in accordance with the natural state of the area. And helps in making decisions to determine which fruits are suitable for cultivating for users based on selected criteria.

In amateur and junior level archery competition, judges and trainers manually determine the points earned by archers by either using binoculars or by approaching the target board to observe and validate the position of the arrow. Therefore, the aim of this study is to develop and test the validity and reliability of the scoring system technology (SST) for detecting points automatically. The SST was manufactured by combining several components such as aluminum, microcontroller, light-emitting diode (LED) display monitor, and power supply. Furthermore, after its manufacture, the experimental aspect which involved the archers of various skill levels, which consisted professional (n=5) and amateurs (n=5). They were instructed to shoot three arrows from a distance of 30-meter at the Fédération Internationale de Tir à l'Arc (FITA) target face equipped with SST. The performances were directly reported to the archers through the LED panel. Simultaneously two FITA certified judges observed the shots behind the archers and recorded their performances. Descriptive statistics and ANOVA examined the scores collected from SST and judges observations. The statistical analysis results which were obtained using the one-way ANOVA showed that there was no significant difference (p = 1.0) between the points generated by the SST and the Judges. The findings suggest that that SST could provide a valid scoring system for archery competitions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]