Application of Decision Support Systems in Agriculture

Dear Colleagues, 

Decision support systems (DSSs) are used in agriculture to collect and analyze data from a variety of sources with the ultimate goal of providing end users with insight into their critical decision-making process. In particular, in the agriculture domain, these systems help farmers to solve complex issues related to crop production. In this sense, DSSs are key elements of modern agriculture. However, as these tools scale into data-extensive, real-time monitoring systems, the goals of these systems become more challenging (information overload, system design, data collection). Furthermore, DSS designers are also interested in making these systems more accessible to end users, comfortable to use, and user-friendly. This Special Issue covers current trends and future developments of decision support systems in the agriculture domain. We welcome all types of research articles, and the manuscripts should present novel and original work addressing key topics such as the following: 

• DSS principles and concepts;
• DSS tools, methods, and techniques;
• DSS interface design;
• DSS implementation and evaluation. 

Therefore, I would like to kindly invite you to submit your work to our journal's incoming Special Issue. Your valuable contributions will positively enlighten the current state of DSS in agriculture.

Dr. Francisco Gutiérrez
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Agriculture is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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