Metaheuristics for agricultural land use optimization. A review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 975-998

  Memmah, Mohamed Mahmoud ^a,b   Lescourret, Françoise ^a   Yao, Xin ^b   Lavigne, Claire ^a  

^a Domaine Saint Paul   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural land use optimization; Economic crop planning; Forest management; Interactive decision making; Metaheuristics; Multifunctional agriculture; Nature conservation; Water resources management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; ALGORITHM; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; FOOD SECURITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; HEURISTICS; LAND USE CHANGE; OPTIMIZATION; STAKEHOLDER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84935026163     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-015-0303-4     Document Type: Review

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