Fuzzy logic to classify date palm trees based on some physical properties related to precision agriculture

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 258-273

  Mazloumzadeh, S M ^a   Shamsi, M ^a   Nezamabadi Pour, H ^a  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Date palm; Date palm mechanization; Fuzzy logic; Mamdani fuzzy inference system (MFIS)

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FERTILIZER; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SHRUB; SOFTWARE; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

BAM; IRAN; KERMAN [IRAN];

PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 77952010182     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-009-9132-2     Document Type: Article

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