Assessment of a Bayesian Belief Network-GIS framework as a practical tool to support marine planning

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1743-1754

  Stelzenmuller V ^a   Lee, J ^b   Garnacho, E ^b   Rogers, S I ^b  

^a INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cumulative pressure; Marine spatial planning; Scenarios; Sensitivity assessment; Uncertainty; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CUMULATIVE PRESSURE; SCENARIOS; SENSITIVITY ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL PLANNING; UNCERTAINTY; VULNERABILITY;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DECISION MAKING; NETWORK SECURITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION;

PLANNING;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; GIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL PLANNING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; BAYESIAN BELIEF NETWORK GIS FRAMEWORK; BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LANDSCAPE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BAYES THEOREM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; FISHERIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GREAT BRITAIN; INDUSTRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PETROLEUM;

EID: 77957160002     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.06.024     Document Type: Article

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