Bayesian belief modeling of climate change impacts for informing regional adaptation options

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 113-121

  Richards, R ^a,b   Sano M ^a,b   Roiko, A ^a   Carter, R W ^a   Bussey, M ^a   Matthews, J ^a   Smith, T F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bayesian Belief Networks; Climate change; Group model building; Stakeholder beliefs

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITIES; CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION; PARTICIPATORY WORKSHOPS; RESEARCH INITIATIVES; STAKEHOLDER BELIEFS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84876851661     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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