Handbook of Operations Research in Agriculture and the Agri-Food Industry

The scope of this book is Operations Research methods in Agriculture and a thorough discussion of derived applications in the Agri-food industry.  The book summarizes current research and practice in this area and illustrates the development of useful approaches to deal with actual problems arising...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Plà-Aragonés, Lluis M. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Series:International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 224
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Optimal Planning of Pig Transfers Along a Pig Supply Chain
  • Planning the Planting, Harvest and Distribution of Fresh Horticultural Products
  • Production and Logistics Planning in Seed Corn
  • Harvest Planning in Apple Orchards Using an Optimization Model
  • Optimisation of the Supply Chain Management of Sugar Cane in Cuba
  • A Hierarchical Planning Scheme Based on Precision Agriculture
  • Optimal Transport Planning for the Supply to a Fruit Logistic Center
  • Simulating Vulnerability in Victoria's Fruit and Vegetable Supply Chain
  • Simulation Optimization: Applications in Fish Farming - Theory vs. Practices
  • Swarm Intelligence in Optimal Management of Aquaculture Farms
  • Multi-objective Optimisation for Improved Agricultural Water and Nitrogen Management in Selected Regions of Africa
  • Modelling of Catastrophic Farm Risks Using Sparse Data
  • Forecasting Grape Maturation Under Head Stress Using MatPred
  • Technical Efficiency of Sow Farms: A Parametric and Non-parametric Approach
  • Multicriteria Analysis of Olive Farms Sustainability
  • On the Feasibility of Establishing a Northern-Western Australian Beef Abattoir as a Facility Location Problem
  • Optimal Delivery of Pigs to the Abattoir
  • Diet Problem
  • Markov Decision Processes to Model Livestock Systems.