Measuring performance in precision agriculture: CART-A decision tree approach

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 173-185

  Waheed, T ^a   Bonnell, R B ^a   Prasher, S O ^a   Paulet, E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corn; Data mining; Decision tree; Hyperspectral; Nitrogen stress; Remote sensing; Water stress; Weed stress

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING; DECISION THEORY; REMOTE SENSING; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

DECISION TREE; HYPERSPECTRAL; NITROGEN STRESS; WATER STRESS; WEED STRESS;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURE; DATA MINING; DECISION THEORY; REMOTE SENSING; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CROP PRODUCTION; DATA PROCESSING; NUMERICAL METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; WATER STRESS; WEED CONTROL;

AGRICULTURE; CORN; DECISION THEORY; REMOTE SENSING; TREES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33746878883     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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