Past, current and future drivers for the development of decision support systems in forest management

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 2-19

  Vacik, Harald ^a   Lexer, Manfred J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

decision support; forest management; forest models; GIS; multi criteria evaluation; optimisation; technology

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (DSS); DECISION SUPPORTS; FOREST MODELS; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION; OPTIMISATIONS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84912150654     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2013.830768     Document Type: Review

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