Simultaneous monitoring and control of pig growth and ammonia emissions

ASABE - 9th International Livestock Environment Symposium 2012, ILES 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 452-458

  Demmers, T G M ^a   Gauss, S ^a   Wathes, C M ^a   Cao, Y ^b   Parsons, D J ^b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonia emission; Growth; Model; Pig

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA EMISSIONS; DATA-BASED MODELING; MEAN SQUARED ERROR; NON-LINEAR SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION; PIG; PRECISION LIVESTOCK FARMING; PREDICTIVE CONTROLLER; SIMULTANEOUS MONITORING;

ALGORITHMS; DAIRIES; EMISSION CONTROL; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MAMMALS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORKS;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 84878312467     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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