Spatial disaggregation of agricultural production data using maximum entropy

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 359-387

  Howitt, Richard ^b   Reynaud, Arnaud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian method; Disaggregation; Land use; Markov process; Maximum entropy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347588132     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/30.3.359     Document Type: Article

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