Publication Date
4-2004
Series Number
Miscellaneous Publication 8/2004
Publisher
Department of Agriculture, Western Australia
City
Perth
ISSN
1447-4980
Abstract
What is MIDAS?
It's a computer model of dryland farming in Western Australia. MIDAS is an acronym (Model of an Integrated Dryland Agricultural System). Currently there are five versions of MIDAS, each describes a representative farm in a particular farming region of Western Australia. Versions exist for the following regions (see Figure 1):
- the Eastern Wheatbelt;
- the Central Wheatbelt;
- the West Midlands;
- the Great Southern; and,
- the South Coast.
Each of these versions is a mathematical programming model of a representative farm.
Number of Pages
31
Keywords
MIDAS (Model Integrated Dryland Agricultural System), Western Australia, Weather, Farming, Mathematical programming
Disciplines
Agribusiness | Agricultural Economics | Agricultural Education | Agricultural Science | Applied Mathematics | Data Science | Management Information Systems | Natural Resources Management and Policy
Recommended Citation
Kingwell, R,
Flugge, F,
Kopke, E,
and
O'Connell, M.
(2004), Miscellaneous Publication 8/2004 - MIDAS user manual. Version 1. Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Perth. Report Miscellaneous Publication 8/2004.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/fse_publishedrpts/10
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