An infrastructure for the development of distributed service-oriented information systems for precision agriculture

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-48

  Murakami, Edson ^a   Saraiva, Antonio M ^a   Ribeiro Jr , Luiz C M ^a   Cugnasca, Carlos E ^a   Hirakawa, Andre R ^a   Correa, Pedro L P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Information systems; Infrastructure; Precision agriculture; Web services; XML

Indexed keywords

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTEROPERABILITY; SOFTWARE DESIGN; WEB SERVICES; XML;

ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY; PRECISION AGRICULTURE (PA);

CROPS;

INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SOFTWARE;

COMPUTER PROGRAMS; DATA PROCESSING; DISTRIBUTED CONTROL; FARM CROPS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 34248582304     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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