Decision support tools for agriculture: Towards effective design and delivery

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 149, Issue , 2016, Pages 165-174

  Rose, David C ^a   Sutherland, William J ^a   Parker, Caroline ^b   Lobley, Matt ^c   Winter, Michael ^c   Morris, Carol ^d   Twining, Susan ^e   Ffoulkes, Charles ^e   Amano, Tatsuya ^a   Dicks, Lynn V ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Decision support tools; Evidence based decision making; Human computer interactions, sustainable intensification

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; ALGORITHM; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; SUSTAINABILITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84988962268     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2016.09.009     Document Type: Article

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