Conceptual model of fleet management in agriculture

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-50

  Sorensen C G ^a   Bochtis, D D ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; SCHEDULING;

ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS; AGRICULTURAL MACHINE; CONCEPTUAL MODELLING; FLEET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; FLEET MANAGEMENT TOOLS; HETEROGENEOUS SCHEDULING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; REAL TIME MONITORING;

FLEET OPERATIONS;

EID: 74149090736     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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