QPTIMAL SCHEDULING OF IRRIGATION BY CONTROL THEORY: OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

Thomas R. Harris and Harry p. Mapp

No 278992, 1980 Annual Meeting, July 27-30, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: Continued irrigated production in the Oklahoma Panhandle is threatened by the declining groundwater supply and increasing fuel costs. A plant growth model and optimal control theory techniques were used to derive irrigation strategies which, when compared with contemporary irrigation practices, reduce water and energy use while maintaining producer net returns.

Keywords: Land; Economics/Use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18
Date: 1980-07
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.278992

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