Integrating science through Bayesian Belief Networks: Case study of Lyngbya in Moreton Bay

MODSIM05 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Advances and Applications for Management and Decision Making, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 392-399

  Hamilton, G ^a   Alston, C ^a   Chiffings, T ^b   Abal, E ^c   Hart, B ^d   Mengersen, K ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Moreton Bay and Waterways Partnership ^*  (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lyngbya majuscula; Management; Moreton bay

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF DATA; ANECDOTAL EVIDENCES; CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY TABLES; ECOLOGICAL PROBLEM; ECOSYSTEM DEGRADATION; EXPERT OPINION; FUTURE PLANNING; GROUP-BASED; LYNGBYA MAJUSCULA; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MARINE CYANOBACTERIUM; MODEL COMPLEXITY; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; MONITORING PROGRAMMES; MORETON BAY; NETWORK INPUTS; OBSERVED DATA; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PROBABILISTIC FRAMEWORK; QUEENSLAND; RAPID GROWTH; RECREATIONAL FISHERIES; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; STATISTICAL MODELS; SUCCESSIVE ITERATION; TEMPERATURE VARIABLES;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; MANAGEMENT; REFINING; RESEARCH; COMPLEX NETWORKS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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