Participatory modeling and analysis for sustainable forest management: Overview of soft system dynamics models and applications

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-196

  Mendoza, Guillermo A ^a   Prabhu, Ravi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Center for International Forestry Research   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Fuzzy cognitive mapping; Participatory modeling; Soft systems

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF COMPLEXITY; FUZZY COGNITIVE MAPPING; PARTICIPATORY MODELING; SOFT SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL RESOURCES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

FORESTRY;

NATURAL RESOURCES; PLANNING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70349487480     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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