Automated generation of guidance lines for operational field planning

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 294-306

  Hameed, I A ^a   Bochtis, D D ^a   Sorensen C G ^a   Noremark M ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; GEOMETRY; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINE; EQUIPMENT CHARACTERISTICS; GEOMETRIC PRIMITIVES; GEOMETRICAL ENTITIES; GEOMETRICAL REPRESENTATION; HIGH-LEVEL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPERATIONAL PLANNING; SATELLITE POSITIONING;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 78249273281     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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