Using expert knowledge to model forest stand vulnerability to fire

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-114

  González, José Ramón ^a   Kolehmainen, Osmo ^b   Pukkala, Timo ^b  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Expert model; Fire vulnerability; Pairwise comparisons; Virtual reality models

Indexed keywords

FIRES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VEGETATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EXPERT MODELS; VIRTUAL REALITY MODELS;

FORESTRY;

EXPERT SYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURE; VIRTUAL REALITY; VULNERABILITY;

FOREST FIRES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS;

EID: 33846676966     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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