Statistical evaluation of data from tractor guidance systems

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 179-192

  Dunn, Peter K ^a   Powierski, Andrew P ^b   Hill, Rodger ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Australia)

^c Goulburn Murray Water   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Autocorrelation; Guidance system; Precision

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AUTOCORRELATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA INTERPRETATION; PRECISION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33749027738     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-006-9007-8     Document Type: Article

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