Probabilistic modelling of cattle farm distribution in Australia

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 449-465

  Emelyanova, I V ^a   Donald, G E ^a   Miron, D J ^a   Henry, D A ^a   Garner, M G ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Fisheries and Forestry   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian modelling; Conditional independence; Farm location; GIS; Lacunarity; Spatial distribution of farms; Weights of evidence

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; LOCATION; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS);

BAYESIAN MODELLING; CONDITIONAL INDEPENDENCES; DEGREE OF CORRELATIONS; LACUNARITY; POSTERIOR PROBABILITY; PROBABILISTIC MODELLING; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; WEIGHTS OF EVIDENCES;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CATTLE; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALIA;

BOS;

EID: 70349932524     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10666-008-9140-z     Document Type: Article

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