Agriculture Land Suitability Evaluator (ALSE): A decision and planning support tool for tropical and subtropical crops

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 93, Issue , 2013, Pages 98-110

  Elsheikh, Ranya ^a   Mohamed Shariff, Abdul Rashid B ^a   Amiri, Fazel ^a,b   Ahmad, Noordin B ^a   Balasundram, Siva Kumar ^a   Soom, Mohd Amin Mohd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biophysical modeling; Expert system; GIS; Land evaluation; Land use planning; Multi criteria analysis

Indexed keywords

CROPS; CULTIVATION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FRUITS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LAND USE;

BIOPHYSICAL MODELING; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENVECTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LAND EVALUATION; LAND USE PLANNING; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; PLANNING SUPPORT TOOLS; SUBTROPICAL REGIONS;

TROPICS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; AUTOMATION; BIOPHYSICS; CROP PRODUCTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIGITAL MAP; EIGENVALUE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERT SYSTEM; FRUIT; GIS; LAND EVALUATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84875270186     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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