Assisting whole-farm decision-making through stochastic budgeting

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 399-413

  Lien, Gudbrand ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Monte Carlo simulation; Real option; Whole farm stochastic budgeting

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; STOCHASTICITY;

NORWAY;

EID: 0037400819     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(02)00079-3     Document Type: Article

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