Study and modelling of two apple quality attributes: The soluble solids content and the firmness

Mathematical and Computer Modelling of Dynamical Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 317-336

  Mziou, Samy ^a   Scheerlinck, Nico ^b   Nicolaï, Bart M ^b  

^a AL IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY IMSIU   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Apple; Firmness; Linear stochastic differential equations; Monte carlo and Latin hypercube methods; Quality; Soluble solids content

Indexed keywords

APPLE; FIRMNESS; LATIN HYPERCUBE; LINEAR STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SOLUBLE SOLIDS CONTENT;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; IMAGE QUALITY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

FRUITS;

EID: 75349103234     PISSN: 13873954     EISSN: 17445051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13873950902955833     Document Type: Article

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