Risk programming and sparse data: how to get more reliable results

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 42-48

  Lien, Gudbrand ^a,b   Hardaker, J Brian ^c   Asseldonk, Marcel A P M van ^d   Richardson, James W ^e  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kernel smoothing; Latin hypercube sampling; Risk programming; Sparse data; States of nature

Indexed keywords

FARMING SYSTEM; MODELING; PLANNING METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 67349114075     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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