Using a mobile phone Short Messaging Service (SMS) for irrigation scheduling in Australia - Farmers' participation and utility evaluation

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 84, Issue , 2012, Pages 132-143

  Car, Nicholas J ^a,b   Christen, Evan W ^a,c   Hornbuckle, John W ^a   Moore, Graham A ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Decision Support System; Irrigation; Short Messaging Service; Utility; Winegrape

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING TOOL; DECISION SUPPORTS; END USERS; GROWING SEASON; IRRIGATION SCHEDULING; IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; KEY FEATURE; MODEL ACCURACY; MODEL INPUTS; PARTICIPATION RATE; RAINFALL DATA; RUN-TIME SCHEDULING; SHORT MESSAGING SERVICE; SOPHISTICATED SYSTEM; TEXT MESSAGES; UTILITY; WATER BALANCE; WATER SAVING; WINEGRAPE;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; IRRIGATION; MOBILE PHONES; RAIN; SCHEDULING; TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

MESSAGE PASSING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FRUIT; GROWING SEASON; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; UTILITY SECTOR; VITICULTURE; WATER BUDGET;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84860310629     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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