A knowledge-based decision support system to improve sow farm productivity

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-40

  Pomar, J ^a,c   Pomar, C ^b  

^a Area De Produccio Anim Ctr U   (Spain)

^b SHERBROOKE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Knowledge based systems; Pig production; Sow culling

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY;

GLOBALIZATION; KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS; PIG PRODUCTION; SOW CULLING;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 16244374946     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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