Evidential reasoning for assessing environmental impact

Civil Engineering Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-78

  Chang, Yang Chi ^a   Wright, Jeff R ^b   Engel, Bernard A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dempster Schafer theory; Environmental assessment; Geographic information systems (GIS); Inferential reasoning; Land management; Spatial decision support; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GIS; INFERENTIAL REASONING; LAND USE MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL METHOD;

EID: 33748010278     PISSN: 02630257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02630259608970210     Document Type: Article

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