Using expert systems as a training tool in the agriculture sector in Egypt

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 343-349

  Rafea, A ^a   Shaalan, K ^a  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; TRAINING TOOL;

EXPERT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030378750     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-4174(96)00049-8     Document Type: Article

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