Designing the optimal robotic milking barn, part 2: Behaviour-based simulation

Journal of Agricultural and Engineering Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-79

  Halachmi, I ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Kefar Yehoshua   (Israel)

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EID: 0001988337     PISSN: 00218634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006 jaer.2000.0563     Document Type: Article

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