Rats and rice: Belief network models of rodent control in the rice fields of Cambodia

MODSIM05 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Advances and Applications for Management and Decision Making, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 449-455

  Smith, C ^a   Russell, I ^a   King, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian belief networks; Cambodia; Decision support tools; Participatory modelling; Participatory research

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; CAMBODIA; CHEMICAL METHOD; CONTROL METHODS; CROP DAMAGES; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; DECISION SUPPORTS; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD SOURCES; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING MECHANISM; LOCAL COMMUNITY; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; MODELLING PROCESS; PARTICIPATORY MODELLING; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PHYSICAL METHODS; PRODUCTION LOSS; RESEARCH SYSTEM; RICE CROPS; RICE FARMERS; RICE FIELDS; RURAL COMMUNITY; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SYSTEM MODELLING; TRAP BARRIERS; TRAPPING MECHANISMS; YIELD LOSS; EXPERIENTIAL KNOWLEDGE;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HEALTH RISKS; RATS; RESEARCH; ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING;

EID: 34548541436     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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