fore057@csc.canterbury.ac.nz (06/19/91)
What a pity this echo is empty. Is it international, or just within NZ? I'm interested in G & Y modelling and forestry applications of artificial intelligence - these are the subjects of my thesis. We grow plenty of Pinus radiata down here, although we dabble with some other species. Naturally I'm modelling the growth of P. rad.. The data I have covers ages 0-5, which adds interest for a number of reasons - there's liitle competition between trees prior to age 4, mortality decreases with age, and the trees are extremely sensitive to site preparation, weed control, etc.. On the AI front, I've developed a decision support system for managers engaged in weed control (or vegeatation management, as we label it here). If any of this interests you, or you want to talk about something else, then get posting. Regards, Euan Mason
bryans@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (B. Charles Siegfried) (06/19/91)
fore057@csc.canterbury.ac.nz writes: >What a pity this echo is empty. Is it international, or just within NZ? I'm in the Midwestern US, so it's not just in New Zealand. I guess there just aren't many people reading the group. An expert program for killing weeds. Is it ftpable? I bet you might have written a quite opular program there. __ Bryan Siegfried zig@uiuc.edu Biology and Economics at UIUC
alonso@hardy.u.washington.edu (Ernesto Alvarado) (06/19/91)
I see that this is not very active group, you posting made it to the Western USA. Your project sounds interesting, around this part of the world there is a lot of interest about the application of AI to natural resources. Even there is a journal fo AI application to natural resources. Couple of students did the dissertation on AI and silviculture. My professor is trying to implement some of the AI concepts to forest fires. Ernesto Alvarado
spf@cbnewsl.att.com (Steve Frysinger of Blue Feather Farm) (06/20/91)
From article <1991Jun19.163930.8792@hardy.u.washington.edu>, by alonso@hardy.u.washington.edu (Ernesto Alvarado): > Even there > is a journal fo AI application to natural resources. Could you post a reference to this? It sounds interesting! Steve Frysinger