A data-driven model for large wildfire behaviour prediction in Europe

Procedia Computer Science

Volumn 18, Issue , 2013, Pages 1861-1870

  Rodriguez Aseretto, Dario ^a   De Rigo, Daniele ^b   Di Leo, Margherita ^a   Cortés, Ana ^c   San Miguel ayanz, Jesús ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Approximate dynamic programming; Dynamic data driven application systems; Forest fires; Partial open loop feedback control; Semantic array programming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884625399     PISSN: 18770509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2013.05.355     Document Type: Conference Paper

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