Artificial neural networks to predict corn yield from Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager data

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-161

  Uno, Y ^a   Prasher, S O ^a   Lacroix, R ^a   Goel, P K ^a   Karimi, Y ^a   Viau, A ^b   Patel, R M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; CASI; Corn; Crop yield; Hyperspectral remote sensing; Precision agriculture

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; MAPPING; NEURAL NETWORKS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

FERTILIZATION RATES; SPECTRAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGY; VEGETATION INDEX; WEED MANAGEMENT PROTOCOLS;

CROPS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CROP YIELD;

CORN; FERTILIZATION; FORECASTS; MAPPING; NEURAL NETWORKS; PLANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEEDS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 16844366163     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2004.11.014     Document Type: Article

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