Studying the use of forest management decision support systems: an initial synthesis of lessons learned from case studies compiled using a semantic wiki

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 44-55

  Gordon, Sean N ^a   Floris, Antonio ^b   Boerboom, Luc ^c   Lämås, Tomas ^d   Eriksson, Ljusk Ola ^d   Nieuwenhuis, Maarten ^e   Garcia, Jordi ^f   Rodriguez, Luiz ^g  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Research Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^f INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

case studies; collaboration technologies; decision support systems; forest planning; lessons

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SEMANTICS; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS; CASE-STUDIES; COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGY; FOREST PLANNING; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PROCESS; LESSONS; PARTICIPATORY PROCESS; SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER PROGRAMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; NETWORKS;

EID: 84912151036     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2013.856463     Document Type: Article

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