Subfield management class delineation using cluster analysis from spatial principal components of soil variables

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 97, Issue , 2013, Pages 6-14

  Cordoba M ^a   Bruno, C ^a   Costa, J ^b   Balzarini, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Fuzzy k means; MULTISPATI PCA; Precision agriculture

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CLUSTERING METHODS; FUZZY K-MEANS; MULTISPATI-PCA; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; SITE-SPECIFIC CROP MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATIONS; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS;

SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AUTOCORRELATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA SET; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TERRAIN;

EID: 84880336214     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2013.05.009     Document Type: Article

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