Determination of fuzzy membership functions for milk yield through structured interviewing of experts

Canadian Agricultural Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-137

  Lacroix, R ^a   Tiemessen, R ^a   Wade, K M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Fuzzy sets; Management; Membership functions

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SETS; GRAPH THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS;

HERD AVERAGE MILK YIELD;

DAIRY PRODUCTS;

EID: 0032035605     PISSN: 0045432X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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