Brief history of agricultural systems modeling

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 155, Issue , 2017, Pages 240-254

  Jones, James W ^a   Antle, John M ^b   Basso, Bruno ^c   Boote, Kenneth J ^a   Conant, Richard T ^d   Foster, Ian ^e   Godfray, H Charles J ^f   Herrero, Mario ^g   Howitt, Richard E ^h   Janssen, Sander ⁱ   Keating, Brian A ^g   Munoz Carpena, Rafael ^a   Porter, Cheryl H ^a   Rosenzweig, Cynthia ^j   Wheeler, Tim R ^k  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g CSIRO   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^j Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Agricultural systems; Data; History; Models; Next generation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; DATA MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DESIGN; FARMING SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE; OPTIMIZATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85006746746     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2016.05.014     Document Type: Article

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