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Title: WHOLE SYSTEM INTEGRATION AND MODELING: ESSENTIAL TO AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN 21ST CENTURY

Author
item Ahuja, Lajpat
item Ma, Liwang
item Howell, Terry

Submitted to: CRC Book: Agricultural Sys Models in Field Research and Technology Transfer
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/20/2001
Publication Date: 4/29/2002
Citation: Ahuja, L.R., Ma, L., Howell, T.A. 2002. Whole system integration and modeling: essential to agricultural science and technology in 21st century. CRC Book: Agricultural Sys Models in Field Research and Technology Transfer. Lewis Publishers. April 2002. Chapter One, pp 1-7.

Interpretive Summary: Summary This book chapter provided an overall history of agricultural systems modeling; current important issues; knowledge gaps; and future visions. It emphasized the needs to integrate modeling with field research; to collaborate among system modelers; to tailor decision support tools for specific purposes using object modeling system; and to promote system model applications with extensive database and comprehensive parameterization.

Technical Abstract: Summary This book chapter provided an overall history of agricultural systems modeling; current important issues; knowledge gaps; and future visions. It emphasized the needs to integrate modeling with field research; to collaborate among system modelers; to tailor decision support tools for specific purposes using object modeling system; and to promote system model applications with extensive database and comprehensive parameterization.