Predictive ability of machine learning methods for massive crop yield prediction

Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 313-328

  Gonzalez Sanchez, Alberto ^a,b   Frausto Solis, Juan ^a   Ojeda Bustamante, Waldo ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE TECNOLOGÍA DEL AGUA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

K nearest neighbor; Multiple linear regression; Neural networks; Regression trees; Support vector regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901831679     PISSN: 1695971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5424/sjar/2014122-4439     Document Type: Article

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