Soil type recognition as improved by genetic algorithm-based variable selection using near infrared spectroscopy and partial least squares discriminant analysis

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Xie, Hongtu ^a   Zhao, Jinsong ^b   Wang, Qiubing ^c   Sui, Yueyu ^d   Wang, Jingkuan ^c   Yang, Xueming ^e   Zhang, Xudong ^a,f   Liang, Chao ^a,g  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHENYANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^e HARROW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^f National Field Research Station of Shenyang Agroecosystems   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 84935006062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10930     Document Type: Article

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