Evaluation of general-purpose lifters for the date harvest industry based on a fuzzy inference system

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-66

  Mazloumzadeh, S M ^a   Shamsi, M ^a   Nezamabadi pour, H ^a  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Date harvesting; Date mechanization; Fuzzy logic; Lifter; Mamdani fuzzy inference system

Indexed keywords

EXPERT SYSTEMS; FUZZY SYSTEMS; HARVESTING; IRAN; LIFT; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS;

DATE HARVESTING; DATE MECHANIZATION; FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEM; LIFTERS;

FUZZY INFERENCE;

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HARVESTING; MONOCOTYLEDON; ORCHARD;

ASIA; BAM; EURASIA; IRAN; KERMAN [IRAN]; MIDDLE EAST; SHAHDAD;

EID: 36749032682     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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