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Lal, Bharat and Shukla, Abhinav and Agrawal, Ayush Kumar and Ramasamy, R Kanesaraj and Dubey, Parul (2026) Attention-Based Transformer Framework with Predictive Uncertainty Quantification for Multi-Crop Yield Forecasting. Computation, 14 (4). p. 93. ISSN 2079-3197

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Abstract

Accurate crop yield forecasting is essential for ensuring food security, optimizing agricultural resource allocation, and supporting climate-resilient farming systems. Recent advances in deep learning have improved yield prediction accuracy; however, most existing models provide deterministic estimates without quantifying predictive uncertainty. This limitation restricts their reliability under climatic variability, missing data, and real-world decision-making scenarios where risk awareness is critical. This study utilizes two publicly available multi-crop datasets comprising historical yield records integrated with weather and soil attributes across multiple growing seasons. An attention-based Transformer framework is proposed, augmented with uncertainty quantification through Monte Carlo Dropout, Quantile Regression, and Bayesian Attention mechanisms. The proposed approach represents an integrated uncertainty-aware Transformer framework that combines temporal self-attention with complementary uncertainty estimation strategies. The contribution of this work lies in the systematic integration and comparative evaluation of multiple uncertainty quantification mechanisms within a unified deep learning framework for multi-crop yield forecasting. Experimental results demonstrate improved predictive accuracy and calibration compared to deterministic baselines. However, these findings are bounded by the scope of the datasets, which consist of coarse tabular climatic and soil variables, and should be interpreted accordingly.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	crop yield forecasting, transformer models, uncertainty quantification, risk-aware prediction, precision agriculture
Subjects:	S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Computing and Informatics (FCI)
Depositing User:	Ms Suzilawati Abu Samah
Date Deposited:	04 Jun 2026 07:13
Last Modified:	04 Jun 2026 07:13
URII:	http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/id/eprint/15939

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