Machine learning assessments of soil drying for agricultural planning

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 104, Issue , 2014, Pages 93-104

  Coopersmith, Evan J ^a   Minsker, Barbara S ^a   Wenzel, Craig E ^b   Gilmore, Brian J ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b DEERE AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support; Field readiness; Machine learning; Nearest neighbors; Soil drying; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SENSORS; SOIL MOISTURE;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PLANNING; DECISION SUPPORTS; FIELD READINESS; NEAREST NEIGHBORS; PERCEPTRON ALGORITHMS; SOIL DRYING;

LEARNING ALGORITHMS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; ALGORITHM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; LEARNING; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; TERRAIN;

ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES; URBANA;

EID: 84899815704     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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