Energy efficient automated control of irrigation in agriculture by using wireless sensor networks

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 113, Issue , 2015, Pages 154-163

  Nikolidakis, Stefanos A ^a   Kandris, Dionisis ^b   Vergados, Dimitrios D ^a   Douligeris, Christos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Energy efficiency; Irrigation; WSNs

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AUTOMATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ACQUISITION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; IRRIGATION; POWER MANAGEMENT (TELECOMMUNICATION); ROUTING PROTOCOLS; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AUTOMATED CONTROL; CLUSTER-HEAD ELECTIONS; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES; INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (WSNS); WSNS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; AUTOMATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTIVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; IRRIGATION; PRODUCTIVITY; SENSOR; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84924034757     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2015.02.004     Document Type: Article

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