Testing an artificial neural network for predicting soil hydraulic conductivity

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1732-1741

  Tamari, S ^a   Wosten J H M ^b   Ruiz Suarez J C ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE TECNOLOGÍA DEL AGUA   (Mexico)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Ctro de Invest y Estud Avanzados   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NEURAL NETWORK; SOIL;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NEURAL NETWORK; SOIL HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL PROPERTIES; SOIL WATER;

EID: 0030300642     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj1996.03615995006000060018x     Document Type: Article

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