CADDIS: The causal analysis/diagnosis decision information system

Decision Support Systems for Risk-Based Management of Contaminated Sites

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 351-374

  Norton, Susan B ^a   Cormier, Susan M ^a   Suter Ii, Glenn W ^a   Schofield, Kate ^a   Yuan, Lester ^a   Shaw Allen, Patricia ^a   Ziegler, C Richard ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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EID: 84887867123     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-09722-0_17     Document Type: Chapter

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