Ontology-based simulation in agricultural systems modeling

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 463-477

  Beck, Howard ^a   Morgan, Kelly ^b   Jung, Yunchul ^a   Grunwald, Sabine ^b   Kwon, Ho young ^b   Wu, Jin ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrus; Model; Ontology; Ontology management system; Ontology based simulation; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DICOTYLEDON; MODEL TEST; SUGAR CANE;

CITRUS;

EID: 77955086486     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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