Does high forecast uncertainty preclude effective decision support?

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 991-1001

  Reichert, Peter ^a   Borsuk, Mark E ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUBLIC POLICY; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

DECISION SUPPORT; POLICY ACTIONS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FORECASTING METHOD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 13744257142     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2004.10.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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