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+\documentclass[10pt, draftclsnofoot,onecolumn]{IEEEtran}
+\linespread{1}
+\begin{document}
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+\title{Fenceless Grazing Problem Statement}
+\author{Danila Fedorin}
+
+\maketitle
+\begin{abstract}
+    Automation is an increasingly important component of modern business. However,
+    as other industries rise up the ladder of automation, cattle farming
+    stagnates: farmers continue to personally herd their cattle in the
+    same ways they did decades ago, exerting needless time and effort.
+    We propose an automated, fenceless grazing system that would allow
+    for the management of cattle through a digital interface, rather than
+    through physical labor.
+\end{abstract}
+
+\section{Introduction}
+Automation is prevalent in our modern age. Consumer technology like cars
+and computers is assembled in enormous, largely automated factories, optimized
+for utmost precision. Planting and harvesting is performed using specialized
+machines that significantly decrease the time and effort required of the farmer.
+Cattle farming, however, is diferent. To this day, the manipulation of herds
+of cows is performed either by humans or by trained animals. Doing so
+takes up a huge amount of time. At the same time, farmers list lack of labor
+as the main limiting factor to their growth. The time and effort spent manually
+herding cattle can be better used elsewhere, aleviating the labor shortage
+and facilitating the growth of farms.
+
+We propose a technology that can be used to automate the herding of cattle
+largely without human or animal intervention. This technology is a specialized
+collar, integrated with GPS, sound, and the ability to administer a mild shock.
+Equipped with such a collar, the position of an animal will be well-known
+through the GPS, and undesired behavior (such as leaving a particular area),
+can be discouraged with an unpleasant sound, in some cases followed by
+an electric shock. Together with the ability to specify desired locations
+for a herd, this technology would allow farmers to control the animals
+without physically being present, with various additional benefits.
+
+\section{Solution Specifications}
+\subsection{GPS}
+The first component of our proposed solution is the integration of GPS
+(Global Positioning System) into the collar. Through this, farmers
+will be able to precisely track the locations of individual animals in a herd
+without being physically present. This information, combined with
+a description of the "allowed" area, can be used to judge whether or not
+an animal is "out of bounds", and thus, if action should be taken to return
+it to a desired location.
+
+TODO Mention how the information will be relayed
+
+\subsection{Sound and Shock}
+Simply knowing the location of an animal is not particularly helpful for
+reducing the amount of human and animal labor that is needed for cattle
+farming. The purpose of this project is to reduce such labor. To do
+so, animals will be automatically discouraged from leaving an area
+through the use of sounds and electric shocks. This can be done in
+two stages. First, as the animal approaches an "out of bounds" area,
+the collar's integrated speaker will produce an unpleasant sound.
+The sound will get progressively louder as the cow approaches the
+region boundary. At a particularly close distance, the device will
+administer a shock, with the intention of discouraging further movemenent.
+Should this be successful, farmer intervention will be unnecessary -
+all the actions described above can be performed automatically by
+the collar.
+
+\subsection{External Control System}
+It is not difficult to imagine a situation in which the desired location
+of a herd of animals changes. In such a case, the collars will need
+to be adjusted to operate based on this new information. The third
+component of our project is an interface that allows users to apply
+changes to the operating parameters of the collar, performing adjustment
+without having to be physically present with the cattle. In the best
+case scenario, this interface will also allow users to monitor
+in real time the location of the animals as they graze in a particular area.
+
+Such an external control system can be implemented as mobile app. Users
+of this app will be able to modify the grazing boundaries of a herd through the
+use of their mobile device.
+
+\section{Performance Metrics}
+Since this project specifies a physical device to be put onto animals,
+the first metric to evaluate project completion is the existence
+of a working prototype. At minimum, the working prototype should
+be able to track the location of a farm animal, emiting a warning signal
+(in the form of a sound and/or a shock) when the animal approaches
+the boundary of the prescribed region.
+
+Additionally, since an external control system (an app) is part of the project
+specification, another performance metric is the usability of the client-facing
+software. It should not be necessary for the client (likely a farmer) to have
+an in-depth knowledge of the software or hardware that underlies the project.
+Thus, the interface should be simple and intuitive. This can be evaluated
+through a user study, presenting a completed application to a group of people
+from the target demographic (farmers), and evaluating the outcomes of their
+interaction with the software. Completion of the app will be achieved
+when a client can successfully use the interface to perform actions
+such as adjusting the grazing region and locating individual cows, with
+the changes being reflected in the operation of the collar prototypes discussed above.
+
+Finally, in order to determine whether or not the project has been completed,
+it will be necessary to ensure that the prototype can be used in the field.
+If a prototype is not fit for testing on real animals, it should not be
+considered complete.
+
+\end{document}