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strategies, such as rain gauges and retention ponds, have significantly reduced the threat of flooding in most regions. Finally …, failed tornado warnings vis-a-vis flood warnings seem to pose a greater threat to professional credibility and legitimacy …, for example, is that according to epidemiological statistics, flooding appears to be a greater threat to life than …
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broad family of DSS and has been one of the most active areas of research. However, despite its theoretical development …
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An individual s decision to place a close family member in a nursing home is both difficult and crucial. To assist consumers with such a decision, several initiatives have led to the creation of public websites designed to communicate quality indicators for nursing homes. However, a majority of...
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Decision support systems (DSS) are usually based on computerised models of biophysical and economic systems. Despite … DSS is now ?critical? The reasons for this are unclear and the aim of this study is to learn to better design, develop and … apply DSS in farming systems research (FSR). Previous studies have explored the merits of quantitative tools including DSS …
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prioritising potential abatement actions for a river basin in western Sydney, Australia. A simple GIS and spreadsheet based export …
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The research into agent-based intelligent decision support systems is important to the medical industry because these systems can be used to improve the quality of healthcare in many ways. The areas these systems can be used in are diverse from the storage of medical records to the examination...
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We describe a two-stage model of global log and chip markets that evaluates the spatial and temporal economic effects of government-subsidized fire-related mechanical fuel treatment programs in the U.S. West and South. The first stage is a goal program that allocates subsidies according to fire...
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An international wheat trade model incorporating climate variability is used to simulate different scenarios when wheat producers in the USA, Canada, and Australia adopt El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO)-based climate forecasts for use in production decisions. Adoption timing and rates are...
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disaster mitigation) are then discussed. Maximum benefits can be attained from such a research process that involves policy …
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Bayesian belief networks (BBNs) are useful tools for modeling ecological predictions and aiding resource-management decision-making. We provide practical guidelines for developing, testing, and revising BBNs. Primary steps in this process include creating influence diagrams of the hypothesized...
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