Connecting science and decision-making: A conceptual framework through organisation knowledge management

Proc. iEMSs 4th Biennial Meeting - Int. Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software: Integrating Sciences and Information Technology for Environmental Assessment and Decision Making, iEMSs 2008

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 913-924

  Siew, T F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bounded rationality; Epistemic community; Organisation knowledge management; Paradigm lock; Science decision making integration

Indexed keywords

BOUNDED RATIONALITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; DECISION MAKERS; EPISTEMIC COMMUNITY; HOLISTIC APPROACH; HUMAN DECISION-MAKING; KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION; MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES; PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE; POLITICAL CONDITIONS; SPATIAL SCALE;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; SPHERES;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84858300776     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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