The use of multi-criteria assessment in developing a process model

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 197, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 320-330

  Komuro, Rié ^a   Ford, E David ^a   Reynolds, Joel H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Model assessment; Multi criteria assessment; Pareto; Process models; Shoot extension

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA PROCESSING; HYSTERESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROCESS CONTROL; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

MODEL ASSESSMENTS; MULTI-CRITERIA ASSESSMENTS; PARETO; PROCESS MODELS; SHOOT EXTENSIONS;

ECOLOGY;

MODEL; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PLANT; SOFTWARE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER STRESS; WATER UPTAKE;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 33746305013     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.03.033     Document Type: Article

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