A logic-based environmental decision support system for the management of horizontal subsurface constructed wetlands

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 44-55

  Garcia Gasulla, Dario ^a   Poch, Manel ^c   Nieves, Juan Carlos ^b   Cortés, Ulises ^a   Turon, Claudia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^d INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal logic; Conceptual modeling; Decision support systems; HSCW; Knowledge management applications

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL LOGIC; CONCEPTUAL MODELING; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HSCW; IMPLICIT KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS; LOGIC-BASED MODELS; REALISTIC SCENARIO; SMALL COMMUNITY; STATISTICAL APPROACH; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

BIBLIOGRAPHY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; LOGISTICS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

EID: 84864040809     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.06.010     Document Type: Article

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