Assessment of reproductive performance in dairy cows using explainable machine learning

Çelik Gürbulak, Elif; Kara, Uğur; Canooğlu, Esra; Arslan, Hazal Aysın; Çetin, Ece; Demirel, Mehmet; Gürbulak, Kutlay

doi:10.5194/aab-69-469-2026

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Assessment of reproductive performance in dairy cows using explainable machine learning

Elif Çelik Gürbulak, Uğur Kara, Esra Canooğlu, Hazal Aysın Arslan, Ece Çetin, Mehmet Demirel, and Kutlay Gürbulak

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