A methodology for eliciting, representing, and analysing stakeholder knowledge for decision making on complex socio-ecological systems: From cognitive maps to agent-based models

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 151, Issue , 2015, Pages 500-516

  Elsawah, Sondoss ^a,b,d   Guillaume, Joseph H A ^a,b   Filatova, Tatiana ^c   Rook, Josefine ^a   Jakeman, Anthony J ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Human environment systems; Mental models; Qualitative information; Quantitative models

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ECOLOGY; MAPPING; NUMERICAL METHODS;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; COGNITIVE MAPPING; COGNITIVE MAPS; DECISION-MAKING PROCESS; DECISIONS MAKINGS; HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT SYSTEMS; MENTAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE INFORMATION; QUANTITATIVE MODELS; SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS;

DECISION MAKING;

COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE; MAP; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; STAKEHOLDER; VITICULTURE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; SIMULATION; SOCIOLOGY; CONSUMER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; KNOWLEDGE; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84921527216     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.11.028     Document Type: Article

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