HERDPLAN — a population model for beef cattle production planning and decision-making

Population models can be used as research tools for studying the development of herds of wild or domesticated animals and as management decision-support tools to test alternative production strategies for economic feasibility. herdplan, an example of such a model, was developed for beef cattle produ...

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Published inComputers and electronics in agriculture Vol. 5; no. 4; pp. 347 - 358
Main Author Oguntade, A.E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 1991
Elsevier
Subjects
Animal productions
BEEF CATTLE
beef herds
Biological and medical sciences
BOVIN DE BOUCHERIE
computer simulation
COMPUTER SOFTWARE
DECISION MAKING
economic analysis
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
GANADO DE CARNE
LOGICIEL
mathematical models
MEAT PRODUCTION
MODELE
MODELOS
PLANIFICACION
PLANIFICATION
PLANNING
PRISE DE DECISION
PRODUCCION DE CARNE
PRODUCTION DE VIANDE
PROGRAMAS DE ORDENADOR
Terrestrial animal productions
TOMA DE DECISIONES
Vertebrates
Vertebrata
Mammalia
Bovine
Computerized processing
Population dynamics
Rearing
Artiodactyla
Ungulata
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Summary:Population models can be used as research tools for studying the development of herds of wild or domesticated animals and as management decision-support tools to test alternative production strategies for economic feasibility. herdplan, an example of such a model, was developed for beef cattle production planning and decision-making. Written in Fortran-77 programming language, herdplan contains four main subroutines: init (initialisation), reinit (re-initialisation), simula (simulation), and results (reports generation). The time-step in herdplan is 1 month.
Bibliography:E20
9101751
ISSN:0168-1699
1872-7107
DOI:10.1016/0168-1699(91)90014-Z