A Decision Model for Harvesting Eichhornia crassipes Once a Week

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We develop a week harvest model of Eichhornia crassipes where harvesters obtain information about harvest area once a week by using GPS data and satellite remote sensing images from growth experiment of Eichhornia crassipes. We show that a harvest amount of Eichhornia crassipes is positively correlated across growth rate and harvest strategy. This experiment was shown to lead to a determination of the model parameters with an overall Goodness of Fit Index of 0.9753 and a maximum sustainable area 14059 (square meter) once a week with total harvest area 154649. This indicates that there is a possibility of obtaining harvest area of Eichhornia crassipes once a week and suggests that it is possible to implement environmental phytoremediation with the harvest once a week at a maximum sustainable area.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 889-890)

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1660-1663

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February 2014

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