Optimal crop planting schedules and financial hedging strategies under ENSO-based climate forecasts

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 201-220

  AitSahlia, Farid ^a   Wang, Chung Jui ^a   Cabrera, Victor E ^b   Uryasev, Stan ^a   Fraisse, Clyde W ^a  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 79955611461     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-009-0551-2     Document Type: Article

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