Modeling for Sustainable Management in Agriculture, Food and the Environment (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Vlontzos, George; Pardalos, Panos; Manos, Basil; Ampatzidis, Yiannis

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Modeling is widely utilized in agriculture, food, and environmental protection and management. The interrelationship of these sectors necessitates the need for methodologies and operational tools to increase the effectiveness and efficiency, establishing at the same time the sustainable utilization of inputs and natural resources.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429588853
• Artikelnr.: 62879150

Autorenporträt

George Vlontzos is an Associate Professor, Director of the Laboratory of Agricultural Economics and Consumer Behaviour. His research interests focus on, among others, economic and environmental efficiency assessment, and on consumer behaviour characteristics for agricultural inputs and foodstuff. He has published several papers in journals and participated in international congresses and seminars. Finally, he has participated in competitive projects co-financed by the EU, national funding, as well as private funding projects. Yiannis Ampatzidis is an agricultural engineer and Assistant Professor in the Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department of University of Florida. He works in the area of mechanization and automation of specialty crop production, focusing on the design, development, and testing of sensors and control systems for optimal management of inputs, resources and products. His current research focus is on mechatronics, precision agriculture, smart machines, machine vision, artificial intelligence, automation, robotics, UAVs, and machine systems. Basil Manos is a Full Professor of the Department of Agricultural Economics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. His research interests are in farm management and regional planning, environmental management, impact assessment, and sustainability and efficiency. His recent publications include papers in Regional Studies, Journal of Policy Modeling , British Food Journal, European Journal of Operational Research, and Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. He is editor of International Journal of Sustainable Agricultural Management and Informatics. Panos M. Pardalos serves as Distinguished Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Florida. Additionally, he is the Paul and Heidi Brown Preeminent Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering. He is also an affiliated faculty member of the computer and information science department, and the biomedical engineering program. He is also the director of the Center for Applied Optimization. Pardalos is a world-leading expert in global and combinatorial optimization.

Inhaltsangabe

1. New Technologies Contribution on the Agrifood Sector for Achieving
Circular Economy Goals 2. Dimensionality Reduction Techniques for
High-dimensional Data in Precision Agriculture 3. Modelling Land Use and
Land Cover Changes in the Mediterranean Agricultural Ecosystems 4. Farmers'
Perceptions Towards Social-economic Sustainability: A Case Study of the
Karla Basin 5. Advanced Crop Protection Techniques and Technologies 6.
Remote Sensing in Agricultural Production Assessment 7. Integrating
Agriculture-related Data Provided by Thematic Networks into a High Impact
Knowledge Reservoir 8. A Multicriteria DEA Model for Estimating the
Efficiency of Agricultural Production Process