Comparison of parameter estimation methods for crop models

Agronomie

Volumn 24, Issue 6-7, 2004, Pages 351-365

  Tremblay, Marie ^a   Wallach, Daniel ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Crop model; Model selection methods; Parameter estimation; Ridge regression

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING;

EID: 9244221700     PISSN: 02495627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/agro:2004033     Document Type: Article

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