P2 hierarchical decomposition procedure: Application to irrigation strategies design

Operational Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-39

  Crespo, Olivier ^a   Bergez, J E ^b   Garcia, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Crop model; Irrigation management; Simulation optimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953023572     PISSN: 11092858     EISSN: 18661505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12351-009-0040-z     Document Type: Article

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