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1 online resource (xiv, 447 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Overview -- Section I -- Methods -- Chapter 1: The two forms of crop models -- Chapter 2: Evaluating crop models -- Chapter 3: Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis for crop models -- Chapter 4: Parameter estimation for crop models -- Chapter 5: Data assimilation with crop models -- Chapter 6: Representing and optimizing management -- Chapter 7: Using crop models for multiple fields -- Section II -- Applications -- Chapter 10: Crop models with genotype parameters -- Chapter 11: Model-assisted genetic improvement of crops -- Chapter 12: Parameterization and evaluation of a corn crop model -- Chapter 13: Evaluation of a model for kiwifruit -- Chapter 14: Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of a static denitrification model -- Chapter 15: Sensitivity analysis of PASTIS, a model of nitrogen transport and transformation in the soil -- Chapter 16: Sensitivity analysis of GENESYS, a model for studying the effect of cropping systems on gene flow -- Chapter 17: Data assimilation and parameter estimation for precision agriculture using the crop model STICS -- Chapter 18: Application of Extended and Ensemble Kalman Filters to soil carbon estimation -- Chapter 19: Analyzing and improving corn irrigation strategies with MODERATO, a combination of a corn crop model and a decision model -- Chapter 20: Managing wheat for ethanol production: a multiple criteria approach -- Chapter 8: Introduction to Section II -- Chapter 9: Fundamental concepts of crop models illustrated by a comparative approach -- Appendix: Statistical notions -- Answers to Exercises -- Index -- Last Page. |
| Summary |
This text focuses on methods for working with crop models, and in particular on mathematical and statistical methods. It is intended for use in a graduate level course in crop modeling and for researchers who wish to use crop models. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Crop yields -- Mathematical models.
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Crop yields -- Mathematical models. |
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Crop yields. |
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Crop yields -- Statistical methods.
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Crop yields -- Statistical methods. |
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Crops -- Growth -- Mathematical models.
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Crops -- Growth -- Mathematical models. |
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Crops -- Growth. |
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Crops -- Growth -- Statistical methods.
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Statistics. |
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Agricultural mathematics.
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Agricultural mathematics. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Wallach, Daniel, 1942-
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Makowski, David, 1972-
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Jones, James W.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Working with dynamic crop models. 1st ed. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2006 0444521356 (DLC) 2006044578 (OCoLC)63702719 |
| ISBN |
008046193X (electronic book) |
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9780080461939 (electronic book) |
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0444521356 (Cloth) |
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