Ontologies for transparent integrated human-natural system modelling

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1255-1267

  Polhill, J Gary ^a   Gotts, Nicholas M ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human natural systems; Ontology; OWL; Transparency

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND USE; MODELING; SOFTWARE; TRANSPARENCY;

EID: 70350417850     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-009-9381-5     Document Type: Article

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