Optimization and Decision Heuristics for Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Reduction Strategies

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 345-359

  Schwartz, Stuart S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Complexity; Decision heuristic; Eutrophication; Nutrient reduction strategy; Optimization; Watershed

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; NUTRIENTS; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; COLLABORATIVE DECISION MAKING; COMPLEXITY; DECISION HEURISTIC; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAM; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; NUTRIENT REDUCTION; POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY;

DECISION MAKING;

DECISION MAKING; NUTRIENT; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; POTOMAC BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952919165     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10666-009-9211-9     Document Type: Article

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