Use of Bayesian belief networks for dealing with ambiguity in integrated groundwater management

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 430-444

  Henriksen, Hans Jørgen ^a   Zorrilla Miras, Pedro ^b   Hera, Africa De La ^c   Brugnach, Marcella ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive groundwater management; Ambiguity; Bayesian belief networks; Group model building; Guadiana

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DECISION MAKING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; RIVER; SPAIN; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY; WATER SUPPLY;

BAYES THEOREM; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; GROUNDWATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS; SPAIN; UNCERTAINTY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84868282407     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.195     Document Type: Article

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