The intuitive world of farmers - The case of grazing management systems and experts

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages 65-73

  Nuthall, Peter L ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Decision making; Expert systems; Grazing management; Improving intuition; Intuition

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT SYSTEM; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84855773547     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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