Modeling the insect feeding decision system: A new approach utilizing fuzzy system theory

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-112

  Hanson, F E ^a   Frazier, J L ^b   Stitt, J ^b   Chyb, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

computer model; feeding behavior; fuzzy logic; sensory coding

Indexed keywords

INSECTA;

EID: 0029759427     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb00898.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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