Using multicriteria analysis of simulation models to understand complex biological systems

BioScience

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 994-1004

  Kennedy, Maureen C ^a   Ford, E David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental management; model assessment; multiple criteria; optimal biological structures; Pareto

Indexed keywords

EID: 83655182242     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2011.61.12.9     Document Type: Article

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