Bayesian networks in environmental and resource management

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 418-429

  Barton, David N ^a   Kuikka, Sakari ^b   Varis, Olli ^c   Uusitalo, Laura ^b,d   Henriksen, Hans Jørgen ^e   Borsuk, Mark ^f   Hera, Africa De La ^g   Farmani, Raziyeh ^h   Johnson, Sandra ⁱ   Linnell, John D C ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^f DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^g INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; Decision analysis; DPSIR; Ecological economic modeling; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BAYES THEOREM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84868277665     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.1327     Document Type: Article

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