Discovering plausible energy and economic futures under global change using multidimensional scenario discovery

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 76-86

  Gerst, M D ^a   Wang, P ^a   Borsuk, M E ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Decision making under uncertainty; Evolutionary economics; Scenario planning; Technology change; Vulnerability analysis

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY; EVOLUTIONARY ECONOMICS; SCENARIO PLANNING; TECHNOLOGY CHANGE; VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA MINING;

ECONOMICS;

ALGORITHM; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLOBAL CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STOCHASTICITY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84876884540     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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