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The Evolution of Data-Driven Management Zone Delineation: A Systematic Review.

Roghayeh Heidari1, Reza Khanmohammadi2, Faramarz F Samavati1

  • 1Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada.

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Management Zone (MZ) delineation uses field data for precision agriculture. Recent methods fuse soil and remote sensing data, but economic validation is limited, requiring a shift towards cost-benefit analysis for practical application.

Keywords:
clustering algorithmsdata fusiongeostatisticsmanagement zone delineationprecision agriculturespatial modelingvariable rate technology

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Area of Science:

  • Agricultural Science
  • Precision Agriculture
  • Data Science

Background:

  • Management Zone (MZ) delineation spatially partitions fields based on yield-limiting factors.
  • This enables variable-rate application of agricultural inputs like nitrogen, seed, and irrigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the operational implementation of Management Zone (MZ) delineation methodologies.
  • To analyze trends in agronomic contexts, sensing inputs, computational workflows, and validation strategies.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic review of 137 peer-reviewed papers (2000-2025).
  • Data extraction on study characteristics and validation approaches.
  • Analysis of methodological shifts and validation limitations.

Main Results:

  • Methodological shift from soil properties to multisource data fusion (soil proxies + vegetation indices).
  • Dominance of similarity-based clustering (fuzzy c-means, k-means), often with PCA.
  • Limited rigorous agronomic and economic validation; overreliance on internal cluster validity indices.

Conclusions:

  • Need to shift validation from internal metrics to multi-year yield stability and economic cost-benefit analyses.
  • Transition MZ delineation from a classification task to a decision-support tool for operational use.