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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Agricultural soils offer great potential for carbon sequestration through humus formation. One way to motivate farmers to build up humus is through humus programs. These are still at an early stage of development, poorly explored, and the number of participating farmers is low. Our aim is to explain the heterogeneity of farmers' willingness to
Julia B. Block +2 more
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Information-Theoretical Criteria for Characterizing the Earliness of Time-Series Data
Entropy, 2019 Biomedical signals constitute time-series that sustain machine learning techniques to achieve classification. These signals are complex with measurements of several features over, eventually, an extended period.
Mariano Lemus +4 more
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S-estimation and a robust conditional Akaike information criterion for linear mixed models. [PDF]
We study estimation and model selection on both the fixed and the random effects in the setting of linear mixed models using outlier robust S-estimators.
Claeskens, Gerda +1 more
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Return and Volatility Spillovers Among Major Cotton Markets
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explores return and volatility transmission among major cotton markets. Several events have disrupted cotton supply and demand in recent years, leading to heightened price volatility and significant shifts in market interconnections.
Susmitha Kalli +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2019 Suburban landscapes can alter spatial patterns by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and increase animal contact with vectors, pathogens, and humans.
Karmen M Hollis-Etter +8 more
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A Note On the Unification of the Akaike Information Criterion
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B: Statistical Methodology, 1998 Summary To measure the distance between a robust function evaluated under the true regression model and under a fitted model, we propose generalized Kullback–Leibler information. Using this generalization we have developed three robust model selection criteria, AICR*, AICCR* and AICCR, that allow the selection of candidate models that ...
Shi, Peide, Tsai, Chih-Ling
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Climate variability is affecting the productivity, profitability, and resilience of smallholder dairy producers in developing countries. The adoption of climate‐smart (CS) dairy practices has been promoted to mitigate these negative effects. However, while interest in dairy CS practices is growing, empirical evidence on their adoption patterns
Mercy Mburu +4 more
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“Transforming The Plastic Industry: Harnessing Machine Learning for Enhanced Efficiency” [PDF]
International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Production ResearchOptimizing production in the plastic extrusion industry is a pivotal task for small scale industries. To enhance the efficiency in today’s competitive market being a small-scale manufacturer over their peers is challenging.
Arifa Khan, saravanan P
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Native plants offer a variety of aesthetic (e.g., fall colour, fruit, flowers) and functional benefits (e.g., pollinator friendly, wildlife friendly, water management). How these benefits influence consumer choice and perceived value of native versus introduced plants is not well understood.
Alicia Rihn +3 more
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Does a Specialized Niche Market Vegetable Processor Enjoy Bargaining Power?
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Agribusiness companies may achieve competitive advantage through specialization within niche markets. One such niche is the fresh‐cut fruit and vegetable market, which has been steadily growing in Germany. This study examines whether the specialization of a German fresh‐cut producer grants it with market power within this niche market.
Nikolas Bublik +3 more
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