Knowledge-based control systems for single stem rose production - Part II: Implementation and field evaluation

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1163-1172

  Chao, K ^a,b   Gates, R S ^a,c   Anderson, R G ^c  

^a ASAE ^*

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled environment; Decision support; Economic optimization; Fuzzy inference systems; Greenhouses

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FUZZY SETS; GREENHOUSES; INFERENCE ENGINES; INTEGRATED CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEMS (FIS); INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE-BASED CONTROL SYSTEMS (KBS);

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032122714     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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