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January 03, 2016

The billion dollar game of strategy: The effect of farmers' decisions on pest control
New York NY (SPX) Jan 04, 2016
Researchers say that the actions of individual farmers should be considered when studying and modelling strategies of pest control. Research published in PLOS Computational Biology presents a model to understand the actions of humans and the dynamics of pest populations. The authors demonstrate this by using the example of the European corn borer, a moth whose larval phase is a major pest of maize. Using game theory the researchers found that the farmers' perceptions of profit and loss, alon ... read more

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