The Use of Participatory Object-Oriented Bayesian Networks and Agro-Economic Models for Groundwater Management in Spain

Water Resources Management

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1509-1524

  Carmona, Gema ^a   Varela Ortega, Consuelo ^a   Bromley, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; Decision support system; Groundwater management; Stakeholder participation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; PURCHASING; WATER LEVELS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (DSS); GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT OPTIONS; OBJECT-ORIENTED BAYESIAN NETWORKS; REGIONAL MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION; WATER RESTRICTIONS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

AQUIFER; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; GROUNDWATER; RIVER BASIN; STAKEHOLDER; WATER LEVEL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

GUADIANA BASIN;

EID: 79952734816     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-010-9757-y     Document Type: Article

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