A dynamic computer model for optimization of the internal climate in swine housing design

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2179-2188

  Liberati, Paolo ^a   Zappavigna, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental control; Fattening pigs; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

FATTENING PIGS; FLOOR MATERIALS; SWINE HOUSING DESIGN; TRANSIENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CLIMATE CONTROL;

AIR TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT BALANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PIG; SOFTWARE; VENTILATION; WIND VELOCITY;

ANIMALIA; BOS; SUIDAE;

EID: 38549151241     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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