Goals and goal orientation in decision support systems for ecosystem management

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 27, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 355-375

  Nute, D ^a   Rosenberg, G ^a   Nath, S ^b   Verma, B ^c   Rauscher, H M ^c   Twery, M J ^d   Grove, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b University of Georgia   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Ecosystem management; Forest management; Goals; Knowledge acquisition; Knowledge representation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION;

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOAL ORIENTED MANAGEMENT;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 0034213563     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1699(00)00092-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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