Crop yield risk assessment: New approach based on data integration

Intelligent Systems and Decision Making for Risk Analysis and Crisis Response - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Risk Analysis and Crisis Response, RACR 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 709-716

  Wang, Ke ^a,b   Zhang, Qiao ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; NEW APPROACHES; PLANTING LOCATIONS; TRADITIONAL APPROACHES;

CROPS; DATA INTEGRATION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; RISK ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84887952486     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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