A systems analysis of information system requirements for an experimental farm

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 247-261

  Fountas, S ^a   Kyhn, M ^b   Jakobsen, H Lipczak ^c   Wulfsohn, D ^c   Blackmore, S ^a   Griepentrog, H W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

GIS; Information management; Site specific; Systems approach; University farm

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; SPATIAL VARIATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 62949206291     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-008-9098-5     Document Type: Article

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