Neural network and state-space models for studying relationships among soil properties

Scientia Agricola

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 386-395

  Timm, Luís Carlos ^a   Gomes, Daniel Takata ^b   Barbosa, Emanuel Pimentel ^b   Reichardt, Klaus ^c   De Souza, Manoel Dornelas ^d   Dynia, José Flávio ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Latent variables; Prediction models; Soil attributes; Spatial transect

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747310677     PISSN: 01039016     EISSN: 1678992X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0103-90162006000400010     Document Type: Article

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