Evaluation of an agricultural innovation in the presence of severe parametric uncertainty: An application of robust counterpart optimisation

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 84, Issue , 2012, Pages 16-25

  Doole, Graeme J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agricultural innovation; Parametric uncertainty; Robust optimisation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; DATA CONSTRAINTS; DATA LIMITATIONS; DETERMINISTIC APPROACH; ECONOMIC SYSTEM; FARM MANAGEMENT; FARMING SYSTEM; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; OPTIMISATION MODELS; OPTIMISATIONS; PARAMETRIC UNCERTAINTIES; PREDICTION ERRORS; UNCERTAIN PARAMETERS;

MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PROFITABILITY;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; DATA ASSIMILATION; FARMING SYSTEM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INNOVATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PASTURE; PROFITABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84858739072     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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