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How to select the best hydrologic software for Free ??

There are many hydrologic models available that can be freely downloaded and used to achieve your research objective. However, not all the models will serve your purpose. Some features of those models will be unnecessary for one scholar but may be very useful for other researchers. Even then also more the number of features offered by the model more favorable will it be to the researchers. The frequency of updates will be another parameter that must be included when making a selection among the available hydrologic models. Higher the frequency more preferred it will be. As more updates mean the model is developing itself. The developers are still trying to improve the model functionality, which is a welcome feature of open-source models. The availability of tutorials or help files is another important parameter that is also very influential in selecting a hydrologic model for using in a real-time research problem. Accuracy and reliability are also significant. When the error of the pre

How to identify the best farm management software?

Before procuring a farm management software(FMS) to convert your conventional farms into smart farms, you must consider the following factors :  1)Number of hydro-climatic and environment factors that can be measured and predicted 2)Procuring cost 3)Ease of use 4)Frequency of Customer support (FCS) 5)Number of features available at the time of procurement. Now all the above five factors are not equally important. Some will be more significant compared to other and also their significance will vary depending on the preference of the decision maker or the user of the software.Here the  ODM  software can be used. In the  ODM  software, write the above five factors as Criteria and name of the FMS as Options.Score the criteria as per  preference and for the options use the data about the selected criteria from the different FMS and rank in the descending order of importance.For example if the FCS of Agrivi is 10 per month and for Farm ERP it is 5 per month then Agrivi is more preferable com