Development of DEX-HOP multi-attribute decision model for preliminary hop hybrids assessment

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 181-189

  Pavlovic, M ^a   Cerenak, A ^a   Pavlovic, V ^b   Rozman, C ^b   Pazek, K ^b   Bohanec, M ^c  

^a Slovenian Institute of Hop Research and Brewing   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Decision making; DEX; Expert system; Hop breeding; MCDA; Qualitative model; Simulation

Indexed keywords

DEX; HOP BREEDING; MCDA; QUALITATIVE MODEL; SIMULATION;

DECISION MAKING; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FERMENTATION; RATING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DECISION MAKING; HERB; HYBRID; MODEL TEST; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

HUMULUS; HUMULUS LUPULUS;

EID: 78650510638     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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