To diminish the validation load on busy experts, a bi-directional, many-sided explanation typed multi-step validation method (MMBV) was proposed, which can decrease the validation tasks of experts (Tsuruta et al., 2000). This paper proposes the extension of MMBV. In this method, through the validation results and comments of experts, validation knowledge can be automatically acquired as case-ba...

Agricultural extension, as an informal educational system, is one of agricultural development tools that lean on human capitals. Inefficiency of public bureaucracy on the one hand, and managerial problems on the other hand, as well as neglecting real needs of beneficiaries in planning, have determined responsible to transfer administrative tasks to the private sector and reduce government''s te...

the purpose of this study was to examine the effect of educational – extension factors on the use of transgenic plants. this study was conducted through a survey design. the research was an applied study type. the research method of this study is descriptive-correlation.  statistical population of the study consisted of all of biotechnology experts of research center of agriculture of ilam prov...

the main objective of this descriptive research was to determinate the components related to an expansion of marketing of flowers and ornamental plants. the statistical population of the study consisted of all floriculturists (4920) in tehran, markazi, gilan, khozestan, and razavi-khorasan provinces as well as extension experts. a sample of 234 floriculturists was selected by use of “cluster pr...

The purpose of this study was investigation of East Azerbaijan researchers and extension agents’ view about the role of extension services on agricultural development. The methodology was descriptive-correlation which is carried out by survey method. In this study, the sample population was 335 people including all researchers and extension agents working in the agricultural sector. To assess t...

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of educational – extension factors on the use of transgenic plants. This study was conducted through a survey design. The research was an applied study type. The research method of this study is descriptive-correlation.  Statistical population of the study consisted of all of biotechnology experts of Research Center of Agriculture of Ilam Prov...

climate is changing and various scenarios indicate accelerated climate change in the future. if farmers and rural residents’ capacities do not enhance to adapt to the impacts of climate change, the impacts will overwhelm on agriculture and rural communities. extension systems can play an important role in agricultural adaptation to climate change. therefore, the aim of this research was to expl...

We review a new form of self-organizing map which is based on a nonlinear projection of latent points into data space, identical to that performed in the Generative Topographic Mapping (GTM) [1]. But whereas the GTM is an extension of a mixture of experts, this model is an extension of a product of experts [6]. We show visualisation and clustering results on a data set composed of video data of...

the purpose of this study was investigation of east azerbaijan researchers and extension agents’ view about the role of extension services on agricultural development. the methodology was descriptive-correlation which is carried out by survey method. in this study, the sample population was 335 people including all researchers and extension agents working in the agricultural sector. to assess t...