A dynamic probabilistic model for planning housing facilities for sows

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1215-1223

  Lippus, A C ^b   Jalvingh, A W ^b   Metz, J H M ^a,b   Huirne, R B M ^b  

^a ASAE ^*

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision support; Housing; Markov Chain; Models; Simulation; Sows; Swine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029800136     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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