Simulating the hierarchical order and cow queue length in an automatic milking system

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 453-460

  Halachmi, I ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; ROBOTS;

AUTOMATIC MILKING; HIERARCHICAL ORDER; QUEUE LENGTHS; SIMULATION MODEL; SOFTWARE FEATURES; TYPICAL DAY;

QUEUEING THEORY;

ANIMALIA; FRIESIA;

EID: 62649150618     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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