Egg production forecasting: Determining efficient modeling approaches

Journal of Applied Poultry Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 463-473

  Ahmad, H A ^a  

^a Jackson State University   (Canada)

Author keywords

Egg production modeling; Gompertz model; Neural network; Regression; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856340867     PISSN: 10566171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/japr.2010-00266     Document Type: Article

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