ABSTRACT
The interface allows information exchanges which enhance both the simulation and expert system (ES). Most of the ES-simulation combinations in agriculture are organized in a similar fashion. The ES component defines the scope of the overall problem, the shell software interacts with the user to obtain some needed inputs, and other information is obtained from a simulation model or perhaps from a database. Agrotechnology transfer can be thought of as the transfer of the physical and biological components from the site of origin to new areas. A major benefit of agrotechnology transfer to new areas using ES is that the number of experiments in the new area could be reduced considerably by knowledgeably eliminating those production practices that have high likelihood of failure—for any of many reasons. Agricultural production systems are very complex. Growth and production of biological organisms are affected considerably by soil and weather conditions which vary greatly over space and time.
