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An Examination Of Distributed Hydrologic Modeling Methods As Compared With Traditional Lumped Parameter Approaches, Murari Paudel Jul 2010

An Examination Of Distributed Hydrologic Modeling Methods As Compared With Traditional Lumped Parameter Approaches, Murari Paudel

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Empirically based lumped hydrologic models have an extensive track record of use where as physically based, multi-dimensional distributed models are evolving for various engineering applications. Despite the availability of high resolution data, better computational resources and robust numerical methods, the usage of distributed models is still limited. The purpose of this research is to establish the credibility and usability of distributed hydrologic modeling tools of the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in order to promote the extended use of distributed models. Two of the USACE models were used as the modeling tools for the study, with Gridded Surface …

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Chronic Amp-Activated Protein Kinase Activation And A High-Fat Diet Have An Additive Effect On Mitochondria In Rat Skeletal Muscle, Natasha Fillmore Jul 2010

Chronic Amp-Activated Protein Kinase Activation And A High-Fat Diet Have An Additive Effect On Mitochondria In Rat Skeletal Muscle, Natasha Fillmore

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Factors that stimulate mitochondrial biogenesis in skeletal muscle include AMPK, calcium, and circulating FFAs. Chronic treatment with either AICAR, a chemical activator of AMPK, or increasing circulating FFAs with a high fat diet increases mitochondria in rat skeletal muscle. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the combination of chronic chemical activation of AMPK and high fat feeding would have an additive effect on skeletal muscle mitochondria levels. We treated Wistar male rats with a high fat diet (HF), AICAR injections (AICAR), or a high fat diet and AICAR injections (HF+AICAR) for six weeks. At the end of …

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Visions For The Future Of Water In Seyhan Basin, Turkey: A Backcasting Application, Erol H. Cakmak, Hasan Dudu, Ozan Eruygur, Metin Ger, Sema Onurlu, Özlem Tonguc Jul 2010

Visions For The Future Of Water In Seyhan Basin, Turkey: A Backcasting Application, Erol H. Cakmak, Hasan Dudu, Ozan Eruygur, Metin Ger, Sema Onurlu, Özlem Tonguc

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This paper reports backcasting results on the future of water in the SeyhanBasin, Turkey. The participative backcasting methodology uses prior information obtainedfrom stakeholders about the present, future and estimated states of water to optimize timeuse during the implementation. The study involved a broad range of stakeholders spanningfrom central decision makers to farmers. Reliable scenarios exploiting all kinds ofinformation sources are crucial in developing dependable and feasible policy options totackle the challenges residing in water management issues. Perception of the current watersystem and a structured view of the future in the Seyhan Basin have been determined. Thedesirable goal has been set …

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Forest Fire Sensing And Decision Support Using Large Scale Wsns, Evangelia Kolega, Vassilios Vescoukis, Christos Douligeris Jul 2010

Forest Fire Sensing And Decision Support Using Large Scale Wsns, Evangelia Kolega, Vassilios Vescoukis, Christos Douligeris

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An undeniable and urgent need for environmental protection and preservation has been raised in the last few years. Undoubtedly, great environmental damage has occurred lately which has resulted in the deterioration of the human quality of life. Hardly does a year go by, without the occurrence of extreme environmental damages, especially in forests due to wild fire expansion. Forests have been wiped out of the map, because of inevitable fire incidents which incinerate every fauna and flora and even human lives in their path. In this paper we suggest an application platform for developing a Fire Sensing Management System based …

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A Procedure For The Quantitative Assessment Of Water Resources Management Under Climate Change And The Design Of Adaptation Measures, D. Anghileri, F. Pianosi, R. Soncini-Sessa, E. Weber Jul 2010

A Procedure For The Quantitative Assessment Of Water Resources Management Under Climate Change And The Design Of Adaptation Measures, D. Anghileri, F. Pianosi, R. Soncini-Sessa, E. Weber

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The pressure on water resources has tremendously increased in the last decades and waterstress is expected to further augment in many part of the world due to multiple social, economicand climatic factors. Climate change (CC) will play a key role in determining water availabilityespecially in those countries where other drivers like population growth or economic conditionsare rather stable. A huge research effort is undergoing to better understand how CC may affect thehydrological cycle. In this paper, we propose and apply a procedure on the basin of lake Como,Italy, to assess the impact of CC on water-related activities. Traditionally, this is …

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Hydrologists Workbench: A Governance Model For Scientific Workflow Environments, Box Paul Jul 2010

Hydrologists Workbench: A Governance Model For Scientific Workflow Environments, Box Paul

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Scientific workflows (SWF) are an emerging approach that enables scientists tocompose and execute complex, distributed scientific processes. The approach is premisedon the ability to compose, publish, share and reuse workflows across distributedcommunities of collaborating scientists. Scientific workflow software (SWFS) provides atechnical framework to compose, publish, and reuse SWFs together with data, functionalityand computational and other resources upon which they rely. Tools and components arebuilt using service oriented architecture approaches with data and functionality exposedthrough services. Together, interoperable components from different initiatives forminformation infrastructure (which as socio-technical endeavours, present specificgovernance challenges. As workflows, and the resources upon which they rely aredistributed …

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On Site Environmental Modeling And Monitoring: The Nordic Scenario In Hydrosys Project, Ioan Ferencik, Tero Niemi, Ari Jolma Jul 2010

On Site Environmental Modeling And Monitoring: The Nordic Scenario In Hydrosys Project, Ioan Ferencik, Tero Niemi, Ari Jolma

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Environmental modeling represents a common method for improving the understanding of environmental phenomena and most of the times is carried out off site. The high computational requirements of environmental models coupled with large amounts of spatial data are the main causes for this situation. Conducting environmental simulations by means of environmental models on-site represents a challenge but with recent advances in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) and development of affordable smart hand-held devices new possibilities are opening. The work presented in this paper is related to the HYDROSYS project1 and is linked to the Nordic scenario located in south of Finland. …

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Study On Integrated Simulation Model Of Economic, Energy And Environment Safety System Under The Low-Carbon Policy In Beijing, Liu Dacheng, Yang Xiaoou, Tan Xianchun, Wu Ruihao, Wang Li Jul 2010

Study On Integrated Simulation Model Of Economic, Energy And Environment Safety System Under The Low-Carbon Policy In Beijing, Liu Dacheng, Yang Xiaoou, Tan Xianchun, Wu Ruihao, Wang Li

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

In the near future, energy conservation and pollution reduction became two of the most significant factors in economic development and social circulate. For analyzing the issue, several models were applied involving the fields of mathematical optimization, economics theory, dynamics model and industrial management. Specifically, they are MARKAL model, Input-Output model, LEAP model and Systemic Dynamics model. In the paper, a collaborative distributed database and an integrated simulation were developed for the Economics-Energy-Environment (3E) system, especially four models were firstly synthesize in a unique way which achieve securities economically, environmentally, as well as in a sense of energy source. The integrated …

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A Generic Framework For Multi-Disciplinary Environmental Modelling, Rolf Hennicker, Sebastian S. Bauer, Stephan Janisch, Matthias Ludwig Jul 2010

A Generic Framework For Multi-Disciplinary Environmental Modelling, Rolf Hennicker, Sebastian S. Bauer, Stephan Janisch, Matthias Ludwig

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We present a generic framework for computer-based environmental modelling which supports the coupling of simulation models from various sciences to perform integrative simulations. The framework is, in principle, applicable to any kind of model which simulates spatially distributed environmental processes with an arbitrary, but discrete, time scale. During an integrative simulation the framework coordinates the coupled models which run in parallel exchanging iteratively data via their interfaces. For proving the correctness of the coordination, formal methods of software development have been applied. The framework provides a developer interface for the implementation of natural science and socio-economic simulation models. For the …

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Mirana: A Socio-Ecological Model For Assessing Sustainability Of Community-Based Regulations, Sigrid Aubert, Jean-Pierre Müller, Julliard Ralihalizara Jul 2010

Mirana: A Socio-Ecological Model For Assessing Sustainability Of Community-Based Regulations, Sigrid Aubert, Jean-Pierre Müller, Julliard Ralihalizara

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The Malagasy local communities managing forest resources have difficulties in assessing the impacts of the management plans they decide upon. To help them, we have designed an integrated model with the ecological processes, the various regulations (zoning, quota, etc..) and the resulting inhabitants behavior in order to explore the impacts of scenarios. The model MIRANA has been designed using the MIMOSA framework in which one must design a conceptual model using ontologies, annotate the conceptual model with the necessary processes, and design a concrete model from which to generate the simulation model. In MIRANA, the conceptual model is made of …

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Choosing The Right Data Mining Technique: Classification Of Methods And Intelligent Recommendation, Karina Gibert, Miquel Sànchez-Marrè, Víctor Codina Jul 2010

Choosing The Right Data Mining Technique: Classification Of Methods And Intelligent Recommendation, Karina Gibert, Miquel Sànchez-Marrè, Víctor Codina

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

One of the most difficult tasks in the whole KDD process is to choose the right data mining technique, as the commercial software tools provide more and more possibilities together and the decision requires more and more expertise on the methodological point of view. Indeed, there are a lot of data mining techniques available for an environmental scientist wishing to discover some model from her/his data. This diversity can cause some troubles to the scientist who often have not a clear idea of what are the available methods, and moreover, use to have doubts about the most suitable method to …

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Exploring The Choice Of Decision Making Method In An Agent Based Model Of Land Use Change, A. R. Cabrera, P. J. Deadman, E. S. Brondizio, M. Pinedo-Vasquez Jul 2010

Exploring The Choice Of Decision Making Method In An Agent Based Model Of Land Use Change, A. R. Cabrera, P. J. Deadman, E. S. Brondizio, M. Pinedo-Vasquez

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In agent-based models of land use/cover change (ABM/LUCC), small changes in micro-level decision-making methods used by agents may significantly affect macro-level outcomes. Yet, the implications of choosing a specific decision making model are seldom explored in ABM/LUCC studies. This paper discusses an ABM/LUCC modelling study of smallholder farming households in the Amazonian varzea in Maraj´o Island, Brazil. These agents represent the 21 households within the community of Paricatuba. Farmers in this community cultivate acai as a primary source of income, in addition to other farming and economic activities such as offsite employment. In the model, agents make annual decisions to …

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Meta-Modelling The European Environmental Information Space, Werner Pillmann, Karl-Heinz Simon Jul 2010

Meta-Modelling The European Environmental Information Space, Werner Pillmann, Karl-Heinz Simon

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In this paper a conceptual Meta-Model is presented with the aim to structure environmental information, relevant for the environmental part of sustainable development. It is focused on crucial environmental information flows handled in the discipline of Environmental Informatics. The introduced structure is a conceptual systems dynamics type model which describes the natural environment (air, water, soil, climate etc.), the private sector (industry, trade, transport etc.) and households. It uses the input-output presentation where causeeffect chains and information feedback paths are considered. The Meta-Model brings together substantial information about environmental indicators from different areas and organizations, the knowledge about levels of …

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Study On Integrated Simulation Model Of Economic, Energy And Environment Safety System Under The Low-Carbon Policy In Beijing, Liu Dacheng, Yang Xiaoou, Tan Xianchun, Wu Ruihao, Wang Li Jul 2010

Study On Integrated Simulation Model Of Economic, Energy And Environment Safety System Under The Low-Carbon Policy In Beijing, Liu Dacheng, Yang Xiaoou, Tan Xianchun, Wu Ruihao, Wang Li

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

In the near future, energy conservation and pollution reduction became two of the most significant factors in economic development and social circulate. For analyzing the issue, several models were applied involving the fields of mathematical optimization, economics theory, dynamics model and industrial management. Specifically, they are MARKAL model, Input-Output model, LEAP model and Systemic Dynamics model. In the paper, a collaborative distributed database and an integrated simulation were developed for the Economics-Energy-Environment (3E) system, especially four models were firstly synthesize in a unique way which achieve securities economically, environmentally, as well as in a sense of energy source. The integrated …

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Choosing The Right Data Mining Technique: Classification Of Methods And Intelligent Recommendation, Karina Gibert, Miquel Sànchez-Marrè, Víctor Codina Jul 2010

Choosing The Right Data Mining Technique: Classification Of Methods And Intelligent Recommendation, Karina Gibert, Miquel Sànchez-Marrè, Víctor Codina

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

One of the most difficult tasks in the whole KDD process is to choose the right data mining technique, as the commercial software tools provide more and more possibilities together and the decision requires more and more expertise on the methodological point of view. Indeed, there are a lot of data mining techniques available for an environmental scientist wishing to discover some model from her/his data. This diversity can cause some troubles to the scientists who often have not a clear idea of what are the available methods, and moreover, frequently have doubts about the most suitable method to be …

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Mathematical Modelling Of Large Forest Fires, Valeriy Perminov Jul 2010

Mathematical Modelling Of Large Forest Fires, Valeriy Perminov

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The paper suggested in the context of the general mathematical model of forest fires gives a mathematical setting and method of numerical solution of a problem of a large forest fire initiation. The mathematical model a large forest fire is based on an analysis of known experimental data and using concept and methods from reactive media mechanics. The boundary-value problem is solved numerically using the method of splitting according to physical processes. Fields of temperature, velocity, component mass fractions, and volume fractions of phases were obtained numerically. It allows investigating dynamics of forest fire initiation under influence of various external …

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Performance Evaluation Of Environmental Models, Neil D. Bennett, B. F. W. Croke, A. J. Jakeman, Lachlan T. H. Newham, J. P. Norton Jul 2010

Performance Evaluation Of Environmental Models, Neil D. Bennett, B. F. W. Croke, A. J. Jakeman, Lachlan T. H. Newham, J. P. Norton

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

For environmental models to be effectively used for management and decision making purposes it is necessary to have confidence in their performance. This paper reviews techniques available for performance evaluation of environmental models. Both quantitative and qualitative performance evaluation are considered and application recommendations for environmental models are provided.

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An Integrated Assessment Approach To Linking Biophysical Modelling And Economic Valuation Tools, Marit E. Kragt, James Bennett, A. J. Jakeman Jul 2010

An Integrated Assessment Approach To Linking Biophysical Modelling And Economic Valuation Tools, Marit E. Kragt, James Bennett, A. J. Jakeman

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Catchment natural resource management (NRM) involves complex decisions that affect a wide variety of values, issues and stakeholders. Designing efficient NRM policies requires assessments of the environmental impacts, and costs and benefits of management interventions in an integrated manner. However, despite the need for integrated assessment (IA), there are few comprehensive frameworks that integrate biophysical models with economic valuation. Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is a framework that can support efficient NRM by assessing and comparing the total social costs and benefits of management interventions. However, the environmental modelling that has underpinned CBA has typically been poor, reducing the credibility of the …

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Decision Support For Environmental Monitoring And Restoration: Application Of The Partially Observable Markov Decision Process, David Tomberlin Jul 2010

Decision Support For Environmental Monitoring And Restoration: Application Of The Partially Observable Markov Decision Process, David Tomberlin

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Environmental monitoring programs can improve management over time, butgenerally require that correspondingly less time and money be put into direct restorationefforts such as revegetation or dam removal. Thus, budget constraints compelenvironmental managers to make difficult decisions regarding the allocation of scarcefunds and personnel between environmental monitoring and environmental restoration.Among other factors, the best allocation of resources between monitoring and restoration—or, more generally, learning and doing—will depend on the quality of information availablefrom a monitoring program. This paper demonstrates the application of the partiallyobservable Markov decision process (POMDP) as a framework for investigating theoptimal intensity of monitoring given stochastic state dynamics …

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Towards The Adoption Of Integrated Urban Water Management For Planning, Shiroma Maheepala Jul 2010

Towards The Adoption Of Integrated Urban Water Management For Planning, Shiroma Maheepala

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Integrated Urban Water Management is an emerging approach for urban waterutilities to plan and manage urban water systems to minimize their impact on the naturalenvironment, to maximize their contribution to social and economic vitality and toengender overall community improvement. The obvious starting point for adopting theIUWM approach is the strategic planning phase. However, little has been written onprocesses that enable application of the IUWM approach to planning. Identifying thisknowledge gap, the Water Research Foundation and the CSIRO, Australia jointlydeveloped a framework to adopt IUWM approach to strategic planning of urban watersystems (referred to as IUWM Planning Framework). This paper discusses …

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Modelling Human Health By Levels Of Biological Organization, Wilfred R. Cuff, Clifford Clark, Paulette Richard, Venkata R S K Duvvuri Jul 2010

Modelling Human Health By Levels Of Biological Organization, Wilfred R. Cuff, Clifford Clark, Paulette Richard, Venkata R S K Duvvuri

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The hierarchy of levels in the organization of matter, or the “hierarchy of life”, is a fundamentalconcept in biology, and biologists are used to thinking about their work asbeing at a particular level. Yet medicine, in both research and application, operatessomewhat independently of this concept, working almost exclusively at levels at or belowthe individual. Through the relatively-recent expansion of epidemiology, medicinedoes reach up to the level of the population - but medicine at higher levels of biologicalorganization remains under-developed. In this paper we review the biological idea ofhierarchy of life and explore what medical research and practice might look like …

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From Prediction To Learning: The Implications Of Changing The Purpose Of The Modelling Activity, Marcela Brugnach Jul 2010

From Prediction To Learning: The Implications Of Changing The Purpose Of The Modelling Activity, Marcela Brugnach

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

During the last decades, there has been a growing interest in the use of models for natural resource management. While early models were theoretical representations of simple systems designed to predict, in time or space, the behaviour of a system, current modelling applications expand beyond prediction. Models, and particularly the whole model building process, have become useful tools to support dialogue, learning and negotiation processes in stakeholders groups. For example, models are currently being used to improve collaboration between expert and stakeholder groups, to facilitate the negotiation between conflicting parties, or as a tool for group reflection, just to mention …

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Social Shopping Using Food Spimes, Timothy Maciag, Daryl H. Hepting, Joann Jaffe, Katherine Arbuthnott, Darryl Dormuth Jul 2010

Social Shopping Using Food Spimes, Timothy Maciag, Daryl H. Hepting, Joann Jaffe, Katherine Arbuthnott, Darryl Dormuth

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Bruce Sterling defines spimes, in part, as extensively rich streams of data and informationabout things. From a theoretical viewpoint, the concept of spimes is indeed interesting,with seemingly endless possibilities for enriching our knowledge about the things all around us.In terms of our everyday decision-making activities, spimes could have significant influence onour behaviours, empowering us to make more informed choices. No where is this more true thanin topics relating to sustainability, especially in how sustainability relates to the selection of thefood that we eat. With vast amounts of information available, the issue of selecting good food canbe difficult and more adequate …

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Development Of A Decision Support System (Elmaadss) For The Integrated Water Management Of Mediterranean Phosphate Mining Areas, Soulis Konstantinos, Nicholas Dercas, Bru Kathy, Graveline Nina, Angeliki Stefopoulou Jul 2010

Development Of A Decision Support System (Elmaadss) For The Integrated Water Management Of Mediterranean Phosphate Mining Areas, Soulis Konstantinos, Nicholas Dercas, Bru Kathy, Graveline Nina, Angeliki Stefopoulou

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The phosphate industry is a major contributor to the economy of many South Mediterranean countries. Large volumes of water are required by the mining industry in areas where water resources are scarce. The integrated management of water in the influence zone of phosphate mines with due respect to other sectors of the economy and populations is a way to further develop these regions. To achieve this objective, the implementation of a Decision Support System constitutes an innovative tool, which offers an integral view of water management in the phosphate mining areas and gives an overview of the interconnections and interactions …

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Development Of A Land-Use Component For An Integrated Model Of The German Biogas System, A. Schaldach, D. Lapola, U. Jessen, M. Thees, Ruediger Schaldach Jul 2010

Development Of A Land-Use Component For An Integrated Model Of The German Biogas System, A. Schaldach, D. Lapola, U. Jessen, M. Thees, Ruediger Schaldach

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Germany is one of the biggest producers of biogas in Europe. Biogas can either be combusted in highly efficient combined heat and power units to produce electricity and heat, or upgraded to biomethane for injection into the natural gas grid. As political conditions encourage the installation of new biogas plants, their number and capacity is expected to grow significantly in the next few years. In Germany, energy crops play an important role for biogas production. Due to their relatively low energy content transport distances from the field to the plants are a crucial issue for the efficiency of the biogas …

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Information System On Literature In The Field Of Ict For Environmental Sustainability, Martin Schreiber Jul 2010

Information System On Literature In The Field Of Ict For Environmental Sustainability, Martin Schreiber

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

The literature database EnviroinfoLit (lit.ict-ensure.eu) of the ICT-ENSURE project provides substantial scientific papers in the field of ICT for environmental sustainability to the scientific community and to program managers working in this field. The information system that is being developed comprises resources available in the field, including conference proceedings (EnviroInfo proceedings since 1998), workshop proceedings, and other scientific publications. The literature database EnviroinfoLit contains besides the meta data the full text of the literature and provides different access through navigational structures, standard and fuzzy search routines. The articles matching the search are available for download as PDF files. The ICT-ENSURE …

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On Site Environmental Modeling And Monitoring: The Nordic Scenario In Hydrosys Project, Ioan Ferencik, Tero Niemi, Ari Jolma Jul 2010

On Site Environmental Modeling And Monitoring: The Nordic Scenario In Hydrosys Project, Ioan Ferencik, Tero Niemi, Ari Jolma

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Environmental modeling represents a common method for improving the understanding of environmental phenomena and most of the times is carried out off site. The high computational requirements of environmental models coupled with large amounts of spatial data are the main causes for this situation. Conducting environmental simulations by means of environmental models on-site represents a challenge but with recent advances in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) and development of affordable smart hand-held devices new possibilities are opening. The work presented in this paper is related to the HYDROSYS project1 and is linked to the Nordic scenario located in south of Finland. …

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Choosing The Right Data Mining Technique: Classification Of Methods And Intelligent Recommendation, Karina Gibert, Miquel Sànchez-Marrè, Víctor Codina Jul 2010

Choosing The Right Data Mining Technique: Classification Of Methods And Intelligent Recommendation, Karina Gibert, Miquel Sànchez-Marrè, Víctor Codina

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

One of the most difficult tasks in the whole KDD process is to choose the right data mining technique, as the commercial software tools provide more and more possibilities together and the decision requires more and more expertise on the methodological point of view. Indeed, there are a lot of data mining techniques available for an environmental scientist wishing to discover some model from her/his data. This diversity can cause some troubles to the scientist who often have not a clear idea of what are the available methods, and moreover, use to have doubts about the most suitable method to …

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Environmental Information Management Systems As Templates For Successful Environmental Decision Support, N. W. T. Quinn Jul 2010

Environmental Information Management Systems As Templates For Successful Environmental Decision Support, N. W. T. Quinn

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The mantra that successful Environmental Decision Support Systems (EDSS’s) are those that benefit from a high level of end-user involvement during the design phase and subsequent implementation is well founded. However the practical matter of eliciting the relevant information from stakeholders to develop a useful and robust EDSS is rarely adequate and this weakness contributes to the high rate of failed EDSS’s. Stakeholders sometimes have difficulty articulating the decisions they are called upon to make and cannot definitely describe the bounds of the decision space within which they operate. The EDSS developer is challenged by having to understand the system …

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Information System On Literature In The Field Of Ict For Environmental Sustainability, Martin Schreiber Jul 2010

Information System On Literature In The Field Of Ict For Environmental Sustainability, Martin Schreiber

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

The literature database EnviroinfoLit (lit.ict-ensure.eu) of the ICT-ENSURE project provides substantial scientific papers in the field of ICT for environmental sustainability to the scientific community and to program managers working in this field. The information system that is being developed comprises resources available in the field, including conference proceedings (EnviroInfo proceedings since 1998), workshop proceedings, and other scientific publications. The literature database EnviroinfoLit contains besides the meta data the full text of the literature and provides different access through navigational structures, standard and fuzzy search routines. The articles matching the search are available for download as PDF files. The ICT-ENSURE …

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