A linear programming formulation of the Markovian decision process approach to modelling the dairy replacement problem

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-201

  Yates, C M ^a   Rehman, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; LINEAR PROGRAMING; MODELING;

EID: 0031729421     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(98)00054-7     Document Type: Article

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