Benchmarking enhancements to a decision support system for global crop production assessments

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 8054-8065

  Van Leeuwen, Wim ^a   Hutchinson, Chuck ^a   Drake, Sam ^a   Doorn, Brad ^b   Kaupp, Verne ^c   Haithcoat, Tim ^c   Likholetov, Vladislav ^c   Sheffner, Ed ^d   Tralli, Dave ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural production; Cross agency investments; Project management; Risk assessment; World food security

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; COMMODITY MARKETS; CROP PRODUCTION; CROSS AGENCY INVESTMENTS; DATA AND INFORMATION; DECISION MAKERS; DECISION SUPPORTS; DEFECT DETECTION; GLOBAL PRODUCTION; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; MITIGATION OPTIONS; NASA MISSIONS; NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATIONS; NEW PRODUCT; OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT; OPERATIONAL DECISION SUPPORT; POLICY MAKERS; POTENTIAL RISKS; PROJECT LIFECYCLE; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURES; US GOVERNMENT; WORLD FOOD SECURITY;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BENCHMARKING; CULTIVATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; FOOD SUPPLY; NASA; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RATING; RESEARCH; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE SHUTTLES; SURVEYS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 79952448023     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2010.12.145     Document Type: Article

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