Bayesian dicision analysis for environmental and resource management

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 177-185

  Varis, Olli ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Belief networks; Decision analysis; Influence diagrams; Risk; Uncertainty; Value of information

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN DECISION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; NEURAL NETWORKS; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

BAYESIAN INFERENCE; BELIEF NETWORKS; INFLUENCE DIAGRAMS;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 0031432577     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(97)00008-X     Document Type: Article

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