Forecasting maturity of green peas: An application of neural networks

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 151-156

  Higgins, Andrew ^a   Prestwidge, Di ^a   Stirling, David ^b   Yost, Jeff ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Simplot Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case study; Forecasting; Harvest planning

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK MODELS; AVERAGE ERRORS; FIELD SAMPLING; FORECASTING CAPABILITY; GREEN PEAS; GROWING REGIONS; HARVEST PLANNING; HUMAN CONSUMPTION; KEY DETERMINANTS; LEADTIME; MANUAL METHODS; MATURITY INDICES; SEED DEVELOPMENT; TASMANIA , AUSTRALIA; TRANSPORT LOGISTICS; WEATHER AND CLIMATE FORECASTS;

BACKPROPAGATION; HARVESTING; NEURAL NETWORKS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; RESEARCH;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FIELD SURVEY; HARVESTING; LEGUME; MATURATION; SEED;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 72149092251     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2009.09.018     Document Type: Article

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