Decision support systems in agriculture, food and the environment trends, applications and advances /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Manos, Basil, 1950-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2010.
• Subjects: Agriculture > Decision making.; Agriculture > Data processing.; Agriculture > Management > Information technology.; Agricultural informatics.; Decision support systems.; Water resources assessment and management; Sustainable forest and rangeland management; Dairy farming; Field performance prediction; Ecosystem reconstruction and management; Irrigation management; Sustainable land use; Simulation of agricultural and environmental systems; Livestock systems; Fisheries management
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• Physical Description: electronic texts (xxii, 530 p. : ill., maps) : digital files.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 466-508) and index.
• ISBN: 9781615208821 (PDF)
• Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

This title presents the development of DSS for managing agricultural and environmental systems, focusing on the exposition of innovative methodologies, from web-mobile systems to artificial intelligence and knowledge-based DSS, as well as their applications in every aspect from harvest planning to international food production and land management. This book provides an in depth look into the growing importance of DSS in agriculture.