Analysis of factors influencing deployment of fire suppression resources in spain using artificial neural networks

IForest

Volumn 9, Issue Feb 2016, 2016, Pages 138-145

  Costafreda Aumedes, Sergi ^a   Cardil, Adrian ^a   Molina, Domingo M ^a   Daniel, Sarah N ^b   Mavsar, Robert ^c   Vega Garcia, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b YMCA Lebanon   (Lebanon)

^c EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fire management; Neural networks; Regional models; Suppression resources; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958958803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19717458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3832/ifor1329-008     Document Type: Article

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