An efficient Markov chain model for the simulation of heterogeneous soil structure

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 346-351

  Wu, Keijan ^a   Nunan, Naoise ^a   Crawford, John W ^b   Young, Iain M ^b   Ritz, Karl ^c  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SOIL ECOLOGY; SOIL HABITAT;

SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;

MARKOV CHAIN; MODELING; SOIL STRUCTURE; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 1542291102     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2004.3460     Document Type: Article

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