Participatory development and analysis of a fuzzy cognitive map of the establishment of a bio-based economy in the Humber region

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Penn, Alexandra S ^a   Knight, Christopher J K ^a   Lloyd, David J B ^a   Avitabile, Daniele ^b   Kok, Kasper ^c   Schiller, Frank ^a   Woodward, Amy ^a   Druckman, Angela ^a   Basson, Lauren ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d The Green House   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; ESTUARY; FUZZY COGNITIVE MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84890037683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078319     Document Type: Article

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