Forecasting furrow irrigation infiltration using artificial neural networks

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 148, Issue , 2015, Pages 63-71

  Mattar, M A ^a,b   Alazba, A A ^a   Zin El Abedin, T K ^a,c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

^c Alexandria University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Furrow irrigation; Infiltrated water volume

Indexed keywords

FURROW IRRIGATION; INFILTRATED WATER;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; FURROW IRRIGATION; INFILTRATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84908139902     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: 18732283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2014.09.015     Document Type: Article

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