Communicating complexity and uncertainty in decision making contexts: Bayesian approaches to forest research

International Forestry Review

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-19

  Ghazoul, J ^a   McAllister, M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Bayes theorem; Biometrics; Frequentist statistics; Probability distribution

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; RESEARCH;

EID: 0037356338     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/IFOR.5.1.9.17433     Document Type: Article

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