Handbook of Operations Research in Agriculture and the Agri-Food Industry [2015 ed.] 1493924826, 9781493924820

Table of contents :
Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv
Optimal Planning of Pig Transfers Along a Pig Supply Chain (Esteve Nadal-Roig, Lluis M. Plà-Aragonés)....Pages 1-18
Planning the Planting, Harvest, and Distribution of Fresh Horticultural Products (Nicholas Mason, Héctor Flores, J. René Villalobos, Omar Ahumada)....Pages 19-54
Production and Logistics Planning in Seed Corn (Rogerio A. R. Junqueira, Reinaldo Morabito)....Pages 55-77
Harvest Planning in Apple Orchards Using an Optimization Model (Marcela C. González-Araya, Wladimir E. Soto-Silva, Luis G. Acosta Espejo)....Pages 79-105
Optimization of the Supply Chain Management of Sugarcane in Cuba (Esteban López-Milán, Lluis M. Plà-Aragonés)....Pages 107-127
A Hierarchical Planning Scheme Based on Precision Agriculture (Víctor M. Albornoz, Néstor M. Cid-García, Rodrigo Ortega, Yasmín A. Ríos-Solís)....Pages 129-162
Optimal Transport Planning for the Supply to a Fruit Logistic Centre (Esteve Nadal-Roig, Lluís M. Plà-Aragonés)....Pages 163-177
Simulating Vulnerability in Victoria’s Fruit and Vegetable Supply Chain (Leorey Marquez, Andrew Higgins, Silvia Estrada-Flores)....Pages 179-200
Simulation Optimization: Applications in Fish Farming—Theory vs. Practices (Ilan Halachmi)....Pages 201-220
Swarm Intelligence in Optimal Management of Aquaculture Farms (A. Cobo, I. Llorente, L. Luna)....Pages 221-239
Multi-objective Optimization for Improved Agricultural Water and Nitrogen Management in Selected Regions of Africa (M. Pastori, A. Udías, F. Bouraoui, A. Aloe, G. Bidoglio)....Pages 241-258
Modelling of Catastrophic Farm Risks Using Sparse Data (V. A. Ogurtsov, M. A. P. M. van Asseldonk, R. B. M. Huirne)....Pages 259-275
Forecasting Grape Maturation Under Heat Stress Using MatPred (Leorey Marquez, Geoff Robinson, Simon Dunstall)....Pages 277-306
Technical Efficiency of Sow Farms: A Parametric and Non-parametric Approach (Xavier Ezcurra, Lluís M. Plà-Aragonés)....Pages 307-326
Multicriteria Analysis of Olive Farms Sustainability: An Application of TOPSIS Models (Laura Riesgo, Jordi Gallego-Ayala)....Pages 327-353
On the Feasibility of Establishing a Northern-Western Australian Beef Abattoir as a Facility Location Problem (Rodolfo García-Flores, Andrew Higgins)....Pages 355-379
Optimal Delivery of Pigs to the Abattoir (Lluís M. Plà-Aragonés, Sara V. Rodríguez-Sánchez)....Pages 381-395
Diet Problems (E. Joannopoulos, F. Dubeau, J.-P. Dussault, C. Pomar)....Pages 397-417
Markov Decision Processes to Model Livestock Systems (Lars Relund Nielsen, Anders Ringgaard Kristensen)....Pages 419-454
ERRATUM: A Hierarchical Planning Scheme Based on Precision Agriculture (Víctor M. Albornoz, Néstor M. Cid-García, Rodrigo Ortega, Yasmín A. Ríos-Solís)....Pages E1-E2
Back Matter ....Pages 455-464