A mission planner for an autonomous tractor

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A mission planner for an autonomous tractor. / Bochtis, Dionysis; Vougioukas, S.G.; Griepentrog, Hans W.

In: Transactions of the ASAE, Vol. 52, No. 5, 2009, p. 1429-1440.

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Bochtis, D, Vougioukas, SG & Griepentrog, HW 2009, 'A mission planner for an autonomous tractor', Transactions of the ASAE, vol. 52, no. 5, pp. 1429-1440. <http://asae.frymulti.com.ep.fjernadgang.kb.dk/azdez.asp?JID=3&AID=29123&CID=t2009&v=52&i=5&T=2>

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Bochtis, D., Vougioukas, S. G., & Griepentrog, H. W. (2009). A mission planner for an autonomous tractor. Transactions of the ASAE, 52(5), 1429-1440. http://asae.frymulti.com.ep.fjernadgang.kb.dk/azdez.asp?JID=3&AID=29123&CID=t2009&v=52&i=5&T=2

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Bochtis D, Vougioukas SG, Griepentrog HW. A mission planner for an autonomous tractor. Transactions of the ASAE. 2009;52(5):1429-1440.

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Bochtis, Dionysis ; Vougioukas, S.G. ; Griepentrog, Hans W. / A mission planner for an autonomous tractor. In: Transactions of the ASAE. 2009 ; Vol. 52, No. 5. pp. 1429-1440.

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