An economic analysis of ecological monitoring

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 189, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 241-250

  White, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental monitoring; Markov chain; POMDP; Stochastic dynamic programming

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; DECISION THEORY; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MARKOV PROCESSES; VEGETATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARKOV CHAIN; POMDP; STOCHASTIC DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING;

ECOLOGY;

CONSERVATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PLANT COMMUNITY;

CONTRACTS; DECISION THEORY; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTS; PLANTS;

CAMBRIAN MOUNTAINS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CALLUNA;

EID: 27744460663     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.03.010     Document Type: Article

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