Development and assessment of ecological models in the context of the European Water Framework Directive: Key issues for trainers in data-driven modeling approaches

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 17, Issue , 2013, Pages 111-116

  Everaert, G ^a   Pauwels, I S ^a   Boets, P ^a   Buysschaert, F ^a   Goethals, P L M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Classification and regression trees; Course efficiency; Data mining; Education

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLASSIFICATION; DATA MINING; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MINING; POLICY MAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TEACHING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 84884972858     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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