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# HAICTA 2011
Proceedings of HAICTA 2011

### Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Sustainable Agri-production and Environment (HAICTA 2011)

### Skiathos, Greece, September 8-11, 2011.

Edited by

### Michail Salampasis *
Aris Matopoulos **

* Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Intelligent Systems Laboratory, Department of Informatics, 57400 Sindos, Greece
** Aston University, Engineering Systems & Management, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, UK

## Table of Contents

- Monitoring Cotton Crop Evapotranspiration Based On Satellite Data 1-12
  Anna Blanta, Dalezios Nicolas, Aglaia Maliara, Nicos Spyropoulos
- A Survey of the Applications of Main Biometrical Methodologies and Relative Informatics Tools Applied In Agricultural Research 13-26
  Vissarion Gousios, Stergios Tzortzios
- Web 2.0 and Tourism 27-39
  Gergely Ráthonyi, László Várallyai
- Estimation of Weeds Leaf Cover Using Image Analysis and Its Relationship with Fresh Biomass Yield of Maize Under Field Conditions 41-49
  Asif Ali, Jens Carl Streibig, Svend Christensen, Christian Andreasen
- Classification and Ranking of Greek Agricultural and Environmental e-Governement Services 51-62
  Parthena Chatzinikolaou, Thomas Bournaris
- A New Method to Evaluate Habitat Status Based On the Use of Data On Oribatid Mites (Acari: Oribatida) 63-75
  Veronika Gergócs, Levente Hufnagel
- Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Adjustment of the Marketing Strategy In the Agrifood System In Italy 77-87
  Luisa Sturiale, Alessandro Scuderi
- ICT Applications In the Supply Chain of Greek Agricultural Cooperatives 89-102
  Dimitra-Nefeli Makri, Athina Skandalou, Vasiliki Manthou, Maro Vlachopoulou
- ICTs in Irish Agriculture: Can ICTs Improve Communication Between Agribusiness and Farmers? 103-119
  Pádraig Wims
- Issues In New Technology Adoption In Agriculture: a Survey Among Italian Tractor's Users 121-128
  Ester Ferrari, Eugenio Cavallo
- Experience from the Use of the Interactive Model- and GIS-based Information and Decision Support System LandCaRe-DSS for the Development of Economic Effective Application Strategies of Agriculture to Climate Change 129-140
  Karl-Otto Wenkel, Wilfried Mirschel, Michael Berg, Ralf Wieland, Barbara Köstner
- Rete Natura 2000 Reviewed Through Territorial GIS Zoning 141-155
  Francesco Riccioli, Jean Pierre El Asmar, Toufic El Asmar
- Consequences of Limited Soil Protection In Cities of Central Europe Analyzed Through GIS Methods and Participatory Impact Assessment - URBAN SMS Project 157-169
  Grzegorz Siebielec, Artur Lopatka, Magdalena Gluszynska, Anna Zurek, Tomasz Stuczynski, Jaroslava Sobocka, Sigbert Huber, Petra Bluemlein, Isabel Wieshofer, Marco Parolin, Josef Kozak, Petra Vokurkova, Borut Vrscaj
- Spatiotemporal Classification of Drought Severity 171-182
  Dalezios Nicolas, Anna Blanta, Nicos Spyropoulos, Nicholas Pismichos, Evangelia Boukouvala
- The New eCustoms Information and Communication Technology Platform Applied as a Business to Government (B2G) Interface 183-192
  Iraj Namdarian
- Using Social Media for Continuous Monitoring and Mining of Consumer Behaviour 193-202
  Michail Salampasis, Giorgos Paltoglou, Anastasia Giahanou
- The Use of Social Media Among Students of Technology Agriculture and their Role In Promoting Agribusiness 203-211
  Sophia Vassiliadou, Margarita Vogiatzi, Theodore Amygdalas, Dimosthenis Mpoutakidis
- e-Marketing and Internet Functions of Agricultural Products In SME In Greece 213-224
  Georgios Tsekouropoulos, Zacharoula Andreopoulou, Christiana Koliouska, Stavroula lefa, Theodoros Koutroumanidis, Christos Batzios
- SISALERT - A Generic Web-based Plant Disease Forecasting System 225-233
  José Maurício Cunha Fernandes, Willingthon Pavan, Rosa Maria Sanhueza
- Implementation of BiogasWebPlanner(R) System for Analysis of Biogas Plants Market In Poland 235-240
  Krzysztof Pilarski, Tomasz Kluza, Jacek Dach, Piotr Boniecki, Adam Krysztofiak
- Design and Development of an Innovative Information System Application to Present Natura 2000 241-250
  Panagiotis Lefakis, Konstandinos Panitsidis
- Information Architecture for Crop Growth Simulation Model Applications 251-258
  José Mauricio Fernandes, Alexandre Lazzaretti, Willinghton Pavan, Rodrigo Tsukahara
- Climate Change, Rural Systems and Innovation: the Role of Internet 259-272
  Irene Paola Borrelli, Gian Paolo Cesaretti, Rosa Misso, Debora Scarpato
- Digital Business Ecosystem Prototyping for Agri-food SMEs 273-285
  Miklós Herdon, Ádám Péntek, László Várallyai
- The eCustoms Central Applications Platform for the Government to Government (G2G) and Government to Business (G2B) Data Exchange and Retrieval 287-298
  Iraj Namdarian
- Development of Agrotourism Through the Application of Internet Technologies: Problems and Perspectives 299-308
  Stephanos Karagiannis, Dimitris Stavroulakis
- Simulation of Bin Loading Process During Manual Harvest of Specialty Crops Using the Machine Repair Model 309-319
  Yiannis Ampatzidis, Stavros Vougioukas, Matthew Whiting
- Agricultural Vehicle Condition Monitoring System Based On Unsupervised Novelty Detection 321-332
  Dimitrios Moshou, Natsis Athanasios, Dimitrios Kateris, Ioannis Gravalos, Nader Sawalhi, Ioannis Kalimanis, Theodoros Gialamas, Panagiotis Xyradakis, Zisis Tsiropoulos
- The Autonomous Detection of Tree Position with Different GPS Devices for the Need of Early Apple Yield Forecast 333-338
  Denis Stajnko, Miran Lakota
- Design of an Autonomous Robotic Vehicle and Development of a Suitable Gripper for Harvesting Sensitive Agricultural Products 339-349
  Constantinos Parisses, Evangelos Marinis
- A Descriptive Study on the Students' Responses to Learning through an On-Line Agricultural Simulation Game 351-359
  Hasan Önder, Kemal Cagatay Selvi, Sezen Ocak
- e-Learning Material for Teaching Logic 361-371
  Mária Bakó, László Aszalós
- A Framework for e-Learning In Agricultural Education 373-384
  Stavros Valsamidis, Ioannis Kazanidis, Ioannis Petasakis, Alexandros Karakos
- Business Knowledge Modelling Using the BORM Method 385-396
  Martin Molhanec, Vojtech Merunka, Iveta Merunkova
- Transformation of a Use Case Main Success Scenario Into Business Object Relation Modeling (BORM) Workflow Diagram for Effective Business Process Requirement Analysis - the Greenhouse Integrated Pest Management Case Study 397-408
  Vojtech Merunka, Athanasios Podaras
- Integrated Modeling of Hydrological Processes Through OpenMI and Web Services 409-420
  Konstantinos Kokkinos, Athanasios Loukas, Nicholas Samaras, Omiros Iatrellis
- Data Envelopment Analysis Approach and Its Application In Information and Communication Technologies 421-430
  Violeta Cvetkoska
- Stabilization of Interconnected Systems with Decentralized State and/or Output Feedback 431-441
  Constantinos Parisses
- Delineation of Management Zones In an Apple Orchard: Correlations Between Yield and Soil Properties 443-450
  Katerina Aggelopoulou, Theofanis Gemtos
- Precision Agriculture Applications In Horticultural Crops In Greece and Worldwide 451-462
  Theofanis Gemtos, Spyros Fountas, Katerina Aggelopoulou
- Application of Relational Database in Listing Pesticides Used In Greece According to their Hazards In Human Health and the Environment 463-471
  Sophia Vassiliadou, Dimosthenis Mpoutakidis, Michail Karikas
- Improved System to Normalize the Oxygen Distribution In the Tank Water In Aquaculture 473-485
  Panagiotis Angelidis
- Application of Data Mining Techniques to Olea Europaea var. Media Oblonga Production from Thassos Island 487-497
  Theodosios Theodosiou, Stavros Valsamidis, Georgios Hatziliadis, Michael Nikolaidis
- APMP: an Alternative for Packaging Industry 499-506
  Omid Ramezani, Hossein Kermanian, Mohammad Angoraj Taghavi
- Forecasting of Cut Christmas Trees with Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) 507-518
  Konstantinos Ioannou, Garyfallos Arabatzis, Theodoros Koutroumanidis, Georgios Apostolidis
- Classification of Financial Conditions of the Enterprises in Different Industries of Ukrainian Economy Using Bayesian Networks 519-530
  Oleksandr Chernyak, Yevgen Chernyak
- Regional Management - Modeling and Simulation Approach 531-547
  Vojtech Merunka, Iveta Merunkova, Josef Myslin
- DSS Applications In Forest Policy and Management: Analysis of Current Trends 549-557
  Antonios Athanasiadis, Zacharoula Andreopoulou
- Modelling Movements of Root-knot Nematodes Meloidogyne spp. Juveniles when Encumbered with Spores of Pasteuria penetrans 559-570
  Ioannis Vagelas, Barbara Pembroke, Simon Gowen
- Comparison of Models for Describing the Lactation Curves of Chios Sheep Using Daily Records Obtained from an Automatic Milking System 571-589
  Maria Karangeli, Zafeiris Abas, Theodoros Koutroumanidis, Chrisovalantis Malesios, Costas Giannakopoulos
- DSS In Environmental Governance: the Case of Forest Management In Greece 591-600
  Evangelos Tasoulas, Zacharoula Andreopoulou, Panagiotis Lefakis
- Inventory of Carbon Sequestration In Artemisia Lands of Hamadan Province 601-609
  Seyed Akbar Javadi, Ghavamodin Zahedi Amiri, Mohamad Naderi, Faranak Raoofi
- Control System of Soil Quality Status 611-620
  Iacob Nemeş, Laura Constantinescu
- The Gully Erosion Effect On the Environment 621-629
  Iacob Nemeş, Laura Constantinescu
- Surveying the Validity of PPP In the Dairy Sector of EU by Using Nonlinear Cointegration 631-646
  Eleni Zafeiriou, Theodoros Koutroumanidis, Christos Karelakis, Spyridon Koutroubas
- Examining Agriculture from a Regional Perspective: Implications for the Common Agricultural Policy 647-665
  Stilianos Alexiadis, Nikolaos Hasanagas, Christos Ladias
- Regional Reports and Presentations of Regions In the Czech Republic 667-674
  Jiri Vanek, Jan Jarolimek, Michal Stoces, Pavel Simek, Eva Kanska
- Valuation of Environmental and Social Functions of the Multifunctional Cypriot Agriculture 675-692
  Athanasios Ragkos, Alexandros Theodoridis
- On the Go Measurements of Penetration Resistance and Yield and the Effect of Deep Loosening 693-696
  Elisabeth Bolenius
- Application of dGPS to Harvesting Date and Precision Viticulture in Slovenia 697-706
  Miran Lakota, Denis Stajnko
- Rural Tele-centers in Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in Iran: Situations and Problems (Case Study: South Khorasan Province - East of Iran) 707-725
  Farhood Golmohammadi
- Applications of Informatics In a Leonardo da Vinci Project with Reference to the Organic Farming In Greece and Europe 727-736
  Vissarion Gousios, Athanasia Tziortziou, George Vlontzos, Stergios Tzortzios
- Data Acquisition During Composting Experiments with Usage of 4-chamber Bioreactor for Modeling of Biological Processes 737-742
  Jacek Dach, Piotr Boniecki, Krzysztof Pilarski, Adam Krysztofiak
- Biodiversity Management In Viticulture Landscapes Demonstrating Project LIFE+ BioDiVine 743-748
  Joel Rochard, Carine Herbin, France Mercier, Maarten Van Helden, Josepha Guenser, Marie Fauchadour
- Impact of Cultivation Technology On Yield and Fodder Value of Winter Triticale Grain 749-752
  Boguslawa Jaskiewicz, Grazyna Podolska
- Request e-Abilities to Labour Market 753-764
  László Várallyai, Miklos Herdon, Andras Cseh
- Environmental Control Systems for Defining the Activity Size Distribution of Radioactive Aerosols - a Case Study 765-770
  Alexandra Ioannidou
- Method for Detection of Mixtures of Normal Distributions with Application to Vine Varieties 771-781
  Amilcar Oliveira, Teresa Oliveira
- i-Grow - Integrated Crop Management Software (ICM) According to the AGRO 2 Standard 783-785
  Ioannis Kaltsis
- Land Use Change Analysis for Assessment of Soil Protection Efficiency In Urban Area - URBAN SMS Project 787-794
  Magdalena Gluszynska, Grzegorz Siebielec, Anna Zurek, Artur Lopatka
- A User Friendly GIS Model for the Estimation of Erosion Risk In Agricultural Land Using the USLE 795-801
  Anastasia-Maria Sotiropoulou, Thomas Alexandridis, George Bilas, Nikolaos Karapetsas, Aggeliki Tzellou, Nikolaos Silleos, Nikolaos Misopolinos
- The Influence of Soil Conditions On Grain Quality of Spring Wheat 803-812
  Alicja Sulek, Grazyna Podolska, Marzena Mikos
- Estimation of Erosion Rate On Anthemountas Basin 813-825
  Panagiotis Papazoglou, Anastasia Rizopoulou
- Implementation of Metadata Harvesting of Scientific and Scholarly Research Journal's Content 827-834
  Pavel Simek, Jan Jarolimek, Jiri Vanek, Michal Stoces
- Choice-based Valuation of Natural Resources In the Protected Area of the Evros Delta 835-849
  Christos Emmanouilides, Stavros Tsiantikoudis, Garyfallos Arabatzis
- Tools for Crop Water Irrigation Assessment: Two Italian Examples 851-863
  Pasquale Nino, Flavio Lupia, Filiberto Altobelli, Silvia Vanino, Iraj Namdarian
- Water Consumption Reduction Strategies In Recycled Paper Production Companies In Iran 865-877
  Omid Ramezani, Hossein Kermanian, Zahra Razmpour, Mehdi Rahmaninia
- Orhtological Management of Hydrological Runoff Basins of the Prefecture of Drama (Current Situation - Protective Actions - Perspectives) 879-890
  Christos Kirkenidis, Ioannis Kirkenidis, Panagiotis Stefanidis
- Spatial Variation and Correlation Between Electric Conductivity (EM38) and CO2 Emissions from a Cultivated Peat Soil 891-900
  Orjan Berglund
- e-Commerce and DataBase Technology In Small-Medium Wood Enterprises In Greece 901-911
  Andreopoulou Zacharoula, Christiana Koliouska, Georgios Tsekouropoulos, Vagis Samathrakis
- Assessing "Transaction Climate" Influencing the Adoption of Innovative ICT and e-Business In the Greek Agri-food Sector 913-925
  Sophia Zioupou, Zacharoula Andreopoulou, Basil Manos, Fedra Kiomourtzi

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