Defining assessment projects and scenarios for policy support: Use of ontology in Integrated Assessment and Modelling

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1491-1500

  Janssen, S ^a   Ewert, F ^a,b   Li, Hongtao ^c   Athanasiadis, I N ^c   Wien, J J F ^a   Therond O ^d   Knapen, M J R ^a   Bezlepkina, I ^a   Alkan Olsson, J ^e   Rizzoli, A E ^c   Belhouchette, H ^f,g   Svensson, M ^e   van Ittersum, M K ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c DALLE MOLLE INSTITUTE FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IDSIA   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f Fonctionnement et Conduite des Systémes de Cultures Tropicaux et Méditerranéens   (France)

^g CIHEAM Institute Agronomique Mediterraneen de Montpellier (IAMM)   (France)

Author keywords

Collaborative approach; Integration; Knowledge management; Multi disciplinary teams; Policy assessment

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; IN-BUILDINGS; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; INTEGRATED MODELLING; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAMS; ONTOLOGY ENGINEERING; POLICY ASSESSMENT; POLICY PROBLEM; POLICY SUPPORT; QUANTITATIVE MODELS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ONTOLOGY;

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DECISION MAKING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MODELING; POLICY ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 69249205656     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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