An overview of the ecosystem management decision-support system

Environmental Science and Engineering (Subseries: Environmental Science)

Volumn , Issue 9783642319990, 2014, Pages 3-22

  Reynolds, Keith M ^a   Hessburg, Paul F ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision model; Ecosystem management decision support; EMDS; Environmental analysis; Logic model; Planning; Spatial decision support

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANNING;

DECISION MODELING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT DECISION SUPPORT; EMDS; ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS; LOGIC MODELING; SPATIAL DECISION SUPPORT;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84949097894     PISSN: 18635520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-32000-2_1     Document Type: Article

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