A general software system for Markov decision processes in herd management applications

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 199-215

  Kristensen, Anders Ringgaard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; JAVA; Markov decision process; Optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; MARKOV PROCESSES; OPTIMIZATION; STUDENTS;

HERD MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

SOFTWARE;

EID: 0037349528     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1699(02)00183-7     Document Type: Article

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