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

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 i...

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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.
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245 0 0 |a Decision support systems in agriculture, food and the environment  |b trends, applications and advances /  |c Basil Manos ... [et al.], editors.  |h [electronic resource] : 
260 # # |a Hershey, Pa. :  |b IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA),  |c 2010. 
300 # # |a electronic texts (xxii, 530 p. : ill., maps) :  |b digital files. 
504 # # |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 466-508) and index. 
505 0 # |a 1. Decision support for river quality management / James Hamlett, C. Knight -- 2. A knowledge-based SDSS for medfly area-wide Control / Y. Cohen, A. Cohen, D. Broday -- 3. The role of decision support systems, (DSS) in planning for improved water quality in coastal lakes / R. Kelly, W. Merritt -- 4. Decision support systems for forest management In Mexico / Rafael Moreno-Sánchez, Juan Torres-Rojo -- 5. DSS in pig production systems / Lluís Plà-Aragonés -- 6. GI-technology / Anja Wijffels, Jos Van Orshoven, Bart Muys, Dirk Cattrysse -- 7. A participatory approach for analyzing and modeling decision processes / Kathrin Kirchner, Ivonne Erfurth, Sarah Möckel, Tino Glässer, André Schmidt -- 8. Decision support system for greenhouse tomato yield prediction using artificial intelligence techniques / F. Zhang, D. Iliescu, E. Hines, M. Leeson, S. Adam -- 9. Evaluating the performance of decision making units in the food production industry / Emmanouil Stiakakis, Angelo Sifaleras -- 10. Validation of a model appropriateness framework using the Elbe decision support system / Yue-Ping Xu, Martijn Booij -- 11. A composite indicator to measure agricultural sustainability / José Gómez-Limón, Laura Riesgo -- 12. GrapeMilDeWS / Bertrand Léger, Olivier Naud, Véronique Bellon-Maurel, Michel Clerjeau, Laurent Delière, Philippe Cartolaro, Lionel Delbac -- 13. Integrated production and information process modelling for decision support in quality management / R. Lehmann, R. Reiche, M. Fritz, G. Schiefer -- 
505 0 # |a 14. Assessing the efficiency and distribution of agricultural activities Using DSS / Helga Pereira, Luis Dias, Maria Alves -- 15. A Web and mobile system for environmental decision support / James Carswell, Keith Gardiner, Michela Bertolotto, Andrea Rizzini -- 16. MicroLEIS DSS / D. de la Rosa, M. Anaya-Romero -- 17. Conflict analysis using fuzzy decision support system / R. Giordano, G. Passarella -- 18. A decision support system for scheduling partial harvesting in aquaculture / Run Yu, PingSun Leung, Lotus Kam, Paul Bienfang -- 19. Environmental sensor networks and continuous data quality assurance to manage salinity within a highly regulated river basin / Nigel Quinn, Ricardo Ortega, Lisa Holm -- 20. Adaptive management on sustainability of cork oak woodlands / Nuno Ribeiro, Peter Surový, António Pinheiro -- 21. A Web-based spatial DSS for estimating biomass-to-energy supply in Thessaly / Stelios Rozakis. 
506 # # |a Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers. 
520 3 # |a 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. 
530 # # |a Also available in print. 
538 # # |a Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
650 # 0 |a Agriculture  |x Decision making. 
650 # 0 |a Agriculture  |x Data processing. 
650 # 0 |a Agriculture  |x Management  |x Information technology. 
650 # 0 |a Agricultural informatics. 
650 # 0 |a Decision support systems. 
653 # # |a Water resources assessment and management 
653 # # |a Sustainable forest and rangeland management 
653 # # |a Dairy farming 
653 # # |a Field performance prediction 
653 # # |a Ecosystem reconstruction and management 
653 # # |a Irrigation management 
653 # # |a Sustainable land use 
653 # # |a Simulation of agricultural and environmental systems 
653 # # |a Livestock systems 
653 # # |a Fisheries management 
700 1 # |a Manos, Basil,  |d 1950- 
710 2 # |a IGI Global. 
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