GRAZPLAN: Decision support systems for Australian grazing enterprisesi. Overview of the GRAZPLAN project, and a description of the MetAccess and lambalive DSS

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-76

  Donnelly, J R ^a   Moore, A D ^a   Freer, M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

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EID: 0031149630     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(96)00046-7     Document Type: Article

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