Bayesian inference for oil spill related Net Environmental Benefit Analysis

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 126, Issue , 2009, Pages 235-246

  Aps, R ^a   Herkul K ^a   Kotta, J ^a   Kotta, I ^a   Kopti, M ^a   Leiger, R ^a,c   Mander, U ^b   Suursaar, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c Estonian Maritime Academy   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Gulf of Finland (Baltic Sea); Net environmental benefit analysis; Oil spill response simulation

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OIL SPILL; SIMULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF FINLAND;

EID: 71649113247     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/CP090211     Document Type: Article

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