A multiple-paradigm system for rangeland pest management

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-67

  Hastings, John D ^a   Branting, L Karl ^a   Lockwood, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Case based reasoning (CARMA); Ecosystem; Model based reasoning; Pest management; Prediction; Reasoning paradigms

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORECASTING; PEST CONTROL;

CASE BASED REASONING; MODEL BASED REASONING; PEST MANAGEMENT; REASONING PARADIGMS;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

MODEL-BASED REASONING;

EID: 0030320056     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1699(96)00027-0     Document Type: Article

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