Predicting the draught requirement of tillage implements in sandy clay loam soil using an artificial neural network

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 476-485

  Roul, A K ^a   Raheman, H ^a   Pansare, M S ^a   Machavaram, R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; BACKPROPAGATION; FORECASTING; SOIL MOISTURE;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK MODELS; BACKPROPAGATION LEARNING ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERS; DEVELOPED MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; SANDY CLAY LOAM SOILS; SOIL BULK DENSITY; TILLAGE IMPLEMENT;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 70350704667     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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