Applicability of the ISO 11783 network in a distributed combined guidance system for agricultural machines

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 306-317

  Backman, Juha ^a   Oksanen, Timo ^a   Visala, Arto ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINE; COMBINED GUIDANCES; COMBINED NAVIGATION; COMMUNICATION ARCHITECTURES; CONTROL PROBLEMS; GUIDANCE SYSTEM; INFORMATION FLOWS; ISO 11783; STANDARD INTERFACE; TEST DRIVE;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; REMOTE CONTROL; TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL); TRACTORS (TRUCK);

AUTOMOBILE TESTING;

EID: 84873600273     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2012.12.017     Document Type: Article

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