MOIRA-PLUS: A decision support system for the management of complex fresh water ecosystems contaminated by radionuclides and heavy metals

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 880-896

  Monte, Luigi ^a   Brittain, John E ^b   Gallego, Eduardo ^c   Håkanson, Lars ^d   Hofman, Dmitry ^e   Jiménez, Antonio ^c  

^a ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Countermeasures; Decision systems; Fresh water ecosystems; Modelling; MOIRA DSS; Multi attribute analysis

Indexed keywords

COUNTERMEASURES; DECISION SYSTEMS; FRESH WATER ECOSYSTEMS; MODELLING; MOIRA DSS; MULTI-ATTRIBUTE ANALYSIS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CONTAMINATION; COST ACCOUNTING; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; ECOSYSTEMS; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; HEAVY METALS; HEAVY WATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; METAL ANALYSIS; OPERATING COSTS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GIS; HEAVY METAL; RADIONUCLIDE; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 67349146793     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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