Setting site specific critical loads: An approach using endorsement theory and Dempster-Shafer

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 7, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 399-405

  Wadsworth, Richard A ^a   Hall, Jane R ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dempster Shafer; Endorsement Theory; Site specific critical loads; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL LOAD; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EXPERT SYSTEM; POLLUTION POLICY; STATISTICAL CONCEPT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 34247607686     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11267-006-9084-8     Document Type: Article

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