Farm machinery selection using simulation and genetic algorithms

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1905-1909

  Parmar, R S ^a,b   McClendon, R W ^a,b   Potter, W D ^c  

^a ASAE ^*  (United States)

^b University of Georgia   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithms; Machinery; Optimization; Peanuts; Simulation

Indexed keywords

NET RETURNS; PEANUT FARM MACHINERY;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA;

EID: 0030239187     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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