A generic ballast water discharge assessment model as a decision supporting tool in ballast water management

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 175-185

  David, Matej ^a   Perkovič, Marko ^a,b   Suban, Valter ^a   Gollasch, Stephan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c GoConsult   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ballast water management; Decision support tool; Discharge assessment; Maritime transport; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ASSESSMENT MODELS; BALLAST WATER; BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT; BASIC ELEMENTS; CARGO OPERATIONS; CRITICAL ISSUES; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; DECISION SUPPORTING; HIGH CONFIDENCE; MANAGEMENT PROCESS; MARITIME TRANSPORT; PORT AUTHORITIES; RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENTS; SHIPPING TRAFFIC; SLOVENIA; SPECIES INVASIONS;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; RATING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

WATER;

EID: 84859215700     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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