Using Bayesian hierarchical models to measure and predict the effectiveness of environmental flows for ecological responses

Proceedings - 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, MODSIM 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 359-365

  de Little, S C ^a   Webb, J A ^a   Miller, K A ^a   Rutherfurd, I D ^a   Stewardson, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian hierarchical model; Environmental flows; Terrestrial vegetation encroachment

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLOODS; FORECASTING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; RANDOM PROCESSES; RIVERS; VEGETATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BAYESIAN HIERARCHICAL MODEL; BAYESIAN HIERARCHICAL MODELLING; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; QUANTITATIVE PREDICTION; SOUTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA; TERRESTRIAL VEGETATION;

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