Joint use of multiple environmental assessment models by a Bayesian meta-model: The Baltic salmon case

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 102, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 341-351

  Varis, Olli ^a   Kuikka, Sakari ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Decision analysis; Fisheries management; Forecasting; Precautionary principle; Risk analysis; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030660524     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(97)00068-9     Document Type: Article

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