| Article ID: | iaor19931800 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 54 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 115 |
| End Page Number: | 120 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1991 |
| Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
| Authors: | Sapountzis Costas |
| Keywords: | stochastic processes, water |
A method is proposed that predicts the water needs for irrigation, during the cultivation of a crop. The method is based on renewal theory considerations and its application is examined on the irrigation of spring potatoes using soil water negative pressure measurements.