Using MLP to determine abiotic factors influencing the establishment of insect pest species

IEEE International Conference on Neural Networks - Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1840-1845

  Watts, Michael J ^a,b   Worner, S P ^b  

^a IEEE

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; PEST CONTROL;

ABIOTIC FACTORS; PEST SPECIES;

MULTILAYER NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 40649119699     PISSN: 10987576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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