Benefits from optimal route planning based on B-patterns

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 389-395

  Bochtis, Dionysis D ^a   Sørensen, Claus G ^a   Busato, Patrizia ^b   Berruto, Remigio ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL VEHICLES; B-PATTERNS; FIELD WORKS; OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE; OPTIMAL ROUTES; OPTIMISATIONS; TIME UNITS;

MACHINERY;

METAL DRAWING;

EID: 84879541607     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2013.04.006     Document Type: Article

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