Optimisation techniques for a computer simulation of a pastoral dairy farm

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-153

  Hart, Rohan P S ^a   Larcombe, Michael T ^b   Sherlock, Robert A ^c   Smith, Lloyd A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b Maffra Herd Improvement Co op   (Australia)

^c Dexcel Limited   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Computer model; Dairy farm; Genetic algorithm; Optimisation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAIRY FARM; FARM MANAGEMENT; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HYBRID ALGORITHM; MILK FAT; NELDER MEAD SIMPLEX;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

PASTORAL DAIRY FARMS;

FARMS;

EID: 0031804310     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1699(97)00039-2     Document Type: Article

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