CMFDM: A methodology to guide the design of a conceptual model of farmers' decision-making processes

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 148, Issue , 2016, Pages 86-94

  Robert, Marion ^a   Dury, Jérôme ^a   Thomas, Alban ^b   Therond, Olivier ^a   Sekhar, Muddu ^c   Badiger, Shrini ^d   Ruiz, Laurent ^e   Bergez, Jacques Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^d ATREE   (India)

^e UMR SAS   (France)

Author keywords

Case based analysis; Cognitive task analysis; Decision modeling; Farming systems; UML; Water management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; FARMING SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE; METHODOLOGY; SOFTWARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

INDIA;

EID: 84979703494     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2016.07.010     Document Type: Article

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