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Agricultural Systems Management
Robert M. Peart, W. David Shoup
Marcel Dekker
2004
Hard Cover 368 pages, Illustrated ISBN 0824747836
£66.00
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Offering practical and informative exercises in nearly every chapter, this text/reference
presents valuable computer strategies for solutions to challenges commonly faced in
agricultural production, processing, and management and covers topics that are integral to
real-world agricultural system management including precision agriculture, crop and
operation simulation, geographic information systems, project scheduling, systems reliability,
machinery performance and cost, and linear optimization.
- Accompanied by a disk containing templates for spreadsheet programs for Windows, as well as valuable data
sets for problems in the text
- Utilizes readily available computer programs, spreadsheets, and Internet tools to provide clear explanations
- Offers practical and informative exercises in nearly every chapter
Contents
Agricultural Systems- A Managerial Overview
Data Management and Spreadsheet Fundamentals
Fixed and Variable Costs of Machinery and Facilities
Machinery Selection and Management for Maize/Soybean
Simulation of crop growth and field operations
Crop simulation principles
Optimizing the use of resources
Linear Programming
Queueing theory and waiting line applications
Project Scheduling
Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems
Precision Agriculture
Reliability
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