Handling uncertainty in the hydroinformatic process

Journal of Hydroinformatics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 215-232

  Hall, Jim W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Evidence; Probability; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542418586     PISSN: 14647141     EISSN: 14651734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/hydro.2003.0019     Document Type: Article

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