Rectangular shape management zone delineation using integer linear programming

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 93, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-9

  Cid Garcia, Nestor M ^a   Albornoz, Victor ^b   Rios Solis, Yasmin A ^a   Ortega, Rodrigo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Linear programming; Management zones; Precision agriculture; Zoning algorithms

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MACHINERY;

CROP QUALITY; GRAPHICAL VISUALIZATION; INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODELS; MANAGEMENT ZONES; OPTIMALITY; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; RECTANGULAR SHAPES; SITE-SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT ZONES; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY OF SOIL PROPERTIES; VARIABLE RATE TECHNOLOGY; ZONING METHOD;

ZONING;

CROP PRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOMOGENEITY; LINEARITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MODEL VALIDATION; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SOIL FERTILITY; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84873928743     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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