Delineation of site-specific productivity zones using soil properties and topographic attributes with a fuzzy logic system

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 261-277

  Kweon, Giyoung ^a  

^a Veris Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER CIRCUITS; FUZZY CLUSTERING; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY RULES; PRODUCTIVITY;

DELINEATION PROCEDURES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FUZZY C-MEANS CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; FUZZY LOGIC SYSTEM; OVERALL ACCURACIES; PRODUCTIVITY ZONES; SITE SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT; YIELD LIMITING FACTOR;

FUZZY INFERENCE;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84863459922     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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