Integrated assessment modeling for global climate change: An infinite horizon optimization viewpoint

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 117-132

  Haurie, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARKOV PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; INFINITE TIME HORIZON; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODELS; LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL CHANGE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; OPTIMIZATION; SUSTAINABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0042878301     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025534905304     Document Type: Review

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