Value of forest information

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 863-874

  Kangas, Annika Susanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bayesian decision analysis; Cost plus loss; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA QUALITY; DECISION MAKING; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS;

EID: 77956183121     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-009-0281-7     Document Type: Article

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