Computer-based scenario modeling: Application to swine industry

Agribusiness

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 281-298

  Goldsmith, Peter D ^a   Dissart, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 56249113546     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6297(199807/08)14:4<281::AID-AGR3>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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