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List of contents
PREFACE -- I. Historical Perspective of Biological Simulation with Special Reference to Beef-Forage Systems -- /T.D.A. Forbes and James w. Oltjen -- II. Biological Simulation and Its Role in Economic Analysis -- /James N. Trapp and Odell L. Walker -- III. Introduction to Simulation of Beef Cattle Production -- /s.c. Denham and T.H. Spreen -- IV. The Kentucky Beef-Forage Model -- /Otto J. Loewer and Edward M. Smith -- v. A Discussion of the Dynamic Simulation Model •PASTURE• -- /L.M. Tharel, M.A. Brown, E.M. Smith, and C.T. Dougherty -- VI. Use of the Kentucky Beef-Forage Model in Economic Analysis -- /Lucas D. Parsch, Otto J. Loewer, and David H. Laughlin -- VII. The Texas A&M Beef Cattle Simulation Model -- /T.C. Cartwright and P.E. Doren -- VIII. Economic Analysis of Cattle Systems Using the Texas A&M Beef Cattle Simulation Model -- /Gregory Sullivan and Enrique Cappella -- IX. The Colorado State University Beef Production Model -- /R.M. Bourdon and J.s. Brinks -- x. A Dynamic Model of Beef Cattle Growth• and Composition -- /James w. Oltjen -- XI. Delivering, Updating, and Maintaining Large- Scale Simulation Models: The Role of Professional Agricultural Economists -- /David H. Laughlin and w. Charles Walden -- XII. Administration of Multidisciplinary Research -- /N.P. Thompson and J.M. Davidson -- INDEX.
Summary
This book provides several comprehensive models of beef cattle production systems, focusing the Texas A&M herd simulation model and the Kentucky BEEF models in economic analysis. It examines the prospects of extending complex simulation models of animal production systems to cattle producers.
