Notes on progress in structuring a research project measuring energy inputs into New Zealand apple production—combining hard and soft systems methods | Zendy

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Notes on progress in structuring a research project measuring energy inputs into New Zealand apple production—combining hard and soft systems methods

Author(s) -

Frater Thomas Gregory,

Houston Donald James

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

systems research and behavioral science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371

H-Index - 45

eISSN - 1099-1743

pISSN - 1092-7026

DOI - 10.1002/sres.894

Subject(s) - structuring , production (economics) , production system (computer science) , soft systems methodology , computer science , energy (signal processing) , environmental economics , operations management , operations research , industrial engineering , business , engineering , economics , information system , mathematics , microeconomics , management information systems , statistics , finance , electrical engineering

These notes report progress in structuring a research project into New Zealand apple production. The broad objective of the research is to measure the energy inputs into New Zealand apple production. A subsidiary objective is to develop a robust methodology for measuring energy usage and carbon emissions at the farm level, and develop a strategy for reducing them. The production system under study is recognized as a complex system, and systems thinking models are appropriate for studying it. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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