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Determinator – A Generic Dss For Hazard Identification Of Species Or Other Physical Subjects, Michel Uiterwijk, Leo W. D. Van Raamsdonk, Sander Janssen
Determinator – A Generic Dss For Hazard Identification Of Species Or Other Physical Subjects, Michel Uiterwijk, Leo W. D. Van Raamsdonk, Sander Janssen
International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software
Our living environment poses all kinds of obvious and perhaps less obvious hazards. As an example, Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) and related species of the genus Senecio are the main source of toxic pyrollizidine alkaloids. The plants commonly grow in road verges, meadows and production fields and are equally toxic for humans and animals. Therefore, proper identification of such a hazardous object is vital. This paper describes Determinator DSS, a Decision Support System, that aims to cover problems of proper identification of a hazardous object, either in the field or in a lab, and in diverse domains. Determinator DSS is used …
Filtering Of Semantically Enriched Environmental Time Series, B. Bozica, J. Peters-Andersa, Gerald Schimak
Filtering Of Semantically Enriched Environmental Time Series, B. Bozica, J. Peters-Andersa, Gerald Schimak
International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software
In current time series processing there is a growing urge to add meaning to the information being processed in order to make it more readable for users as well as understandable/interpretable by machines. Especially in the environmental field of computer science, Semantic Web technologies have become more and more popular. Where we had simple time series data, consisting of time stamps an according values in the past, we are now dealing with complex time series slots consisting of not only time and information, but also a lot of additional meta-information. Therefore, we developed a method for semantic filtering of time …
Aquisys – A Computer System To Support Good Practices Of Management For Brazilian Tilapiculture, Maria Conceição Peres Young Pessoa, Ana Flávia Rodrigues Seixas, Marcos Eliseu Losekann, Julio Ferraz De Queiroz, Mariana Silveira Guerra Moura|E Silva, Carlos Pazzianotto
Aquisys – A Computer System To Support Good Practices Of Management For Brazilian Tilapiculture, Maria Conceição Peres Young Pessoa, Ana Flávia Rodrigues Seixas, Marcos Eliseu Losekann, Julio Ferraz De Queiroz, Mariana Silveira Guerra Moura|E Silva, Carlos Pazzianotto
International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software
Brazilian psiculture has been increasing about 30% per year, having as main factors its profitability and source of quality protein. Its strong interaction with water resources and its interference on the biodiversity turns it both potentially exposed to, as well as, source of negative environmental impacts, requiring the adoption of less impactant management practices. The producer needs information on these practices and computer tools that allow access to them in a single repository could motivate the fast incorporation of these activities to the property. Despite of African origin, the tilapiculture is nowadays present at a large part of Brazilian territory, …
Aquisys – A Computer System To Support Good Practices Of Management For Brazilian Tilapiculture, Maria Conceição Peres Young Pessoa, Ana Flávia Rodrigues Seixas, Marcos Eliseu Losekann, Julio Ferraz De Queiroz, Mariana Silveira Guerra Moura|E Silva, Carlos Pazzianotto
Aquisys – A Computer System To Support Good Practices Of Management For Brazilian Tilapiculture, Maria Conceição Peres Young Pessoa, Ana Flávia Rodrigues Seixas, Marcos Eliseu Losekann, Julio Ferraz De Queiroz, Mariana Silveira Guerra Moura|E Silva, Carlos Pazzianotto
International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software
Brazilian psiculture has been increasing about 30% per year, having as main factors its profitability and source of quality protein. Its strong interaction with water resources and its interference on the biodiversity turns it both potentially exposed to, as well as, source of negative environmental impacts, requiring the adoption of less impactant management practices. The producer needs information on these practices and computer tools that allow access to them in a single repository could motivate the fast incorporation of these activities to the property. Despite of African origin, the tilapiculture is nowadays present at a large part of Brazilian territory, …
Fuzzy Logic Based Iedsss For Environmental Risk Assessment And Management, A. Zabeo, Elena Semenzin, S. Torresan, Stefania Gottardo, L. Pizzol, J. Rizzi, S. Giove, A. Critto, Antonio Marcomini
Fuzzy Logic Based Iedsss For Environmental Risk Assessment And Management, A. Zabeo, Elena Semenzin, S. Torresan, Stefania Gottardo, L. Pizzol, J. Rizzi, S. Giove, A. Critto, Antonio Marcomini
International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software
Environmental problems and the related adaptation strategies have grown in importance and complexity during the last years. The large amount of data and information that needs to be handled and integrated requires specific methodologies and tools. Several research and application activities are undergoing worldwide for the development of Decision Support Systems (DSSs) that allow management of multiple and different data in order to aid decision-making. In this paper the following DSSs using fuzzy models based Artificial Intelligence to address environmental problems will be presented. SYRIADE is a Spatial DSS for Regional Risk Assessment of degraded land supporting the inventory and …
Fuzzy Logic Based Iedsss For Environmental Risk Assessment And Management, A. Zabeo, Elena Semenzin, S. Torresan, Stefania Gottardo, L. Pizzol, J. Rizzi, S. Giove, A. Critto, Antonio Marcomini
Fuzzy Logic Based Iedsss For Environmental Risk Assessment And Management, A. Zabeo, Elena Semenzin, S. Torresan, Stefania Gottardo, L. Pizzol, J. Rizzi, S. Giove, A. Critto, Antonio Marcomini
International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software
Environmental problems and the related adaptation strategies have grown in importance and complexity during the last years. The large amount of data and information that needs to be handled and integrated requires specific methodologies and tools. Several research and application activities are undergoing worldwide for the development of Decision Support Systems (DSSs) that allow management of multiple and different data in order to aid decision-making. In this paper the following DSSs using fuzzy models based Artificial Intelligence to address environmental problems will be presented. SYRIADE is a Spatial DSS for Regional Risk Assessment of degraded land supporting the inventory and …
Environmental Cartographic Models For The Region Of Bregare Paleoseismic Phenomena, Moesian Platform (Bulgaria), Dora Angelova
Environmental Cartographic Models For The Region Of Bregare Paleoseismic Phenomena, Moesian Platform (Bulgaria), Dora Angelova
International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software
The Bregare dislocation was a result of the impulse event a block was torn away. The anomalous relief deformations and tectonic discordance of greatest intensity provide evidence that the paleoearthquakes took place at the Pliocene-Quaternary boundary, between the Pleistocene, Pleistocene-Holocene boundary and the Holocene. It exerted impact on the terrain around the Oryahovitsa and Bregare villages and disturbed the highly raised Neogene base in the range of the Iskar River flood terrace. The paleoearthquakes were catastrophic and disturbed the watersheds and the river terraces, changed the directions of river runoff, caused the subsidence and destruction of karst caverns, etc. Secondary …
Bridging The Design-Use Gap For Dss In Environmental Policy And Practice., K. B. Matthews, M. G. Hutchins, G. Hill
Bridging The Design-Use Gap For Dss In Environmental Policy And Practice., K. B. Matthews, M. G. Hutchins, G. Hill
International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software
Drawing on the literature of agricultural decision support systems (DSS) and experience in developing tools for policy support and evaluation, this paper argues that while in the main such tools have failed to live up to expectations it may be that the expectations were unrealistic. The design-use gap of DSS for environmental management is partially the inevitable cycle of expectations (unbelief-euphoria-disappointment and maturity or abandonment) experienced by any innovation. The environmental problems facing land managers and society are dauntingly complex. Yet more or better quality information does not inevitably lead to better management. Many of the issues that face land-use …
Environmental Cartographic Models For The Region Of Bregare Paleoseismic Phenomena, Moesian Platform (Bulgaria), Dora Angelova
Environmental Cartographic Models For The Region Of Bregare Paleoseismic Phenomena, Moesian Platform (Bulgaria), Dora Angelova
International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software
The Bregare dislocation was a result of the impulse event a block was torn away. The anomalous relief deformations and tectonic discordance of greatest intensity provide evidence that the paleoearthquakes took place at the Pliocene-Quaternary boundary, between the Pleistocene, Pleistocene-Holocene boundary and the Holocene. It exerted impact on the terrain around the Oryahovitsa and Bregare villages and disturbed the highly raised Neogene base in the range of the Iskar River flood terrace. The paleoearthquakes were catastrophic and disturbed the watersheds and the river terraces, changed the directions of river runoff, caused the subsidence and destruction of karst caverns, etc. Secondary …
Bridging The Design-Use Gap For Dss In Environmental Policy And Practice., K. B. Matthews, M. G. Hutchins, G. Hill
Bridging The Design-Use Gap For Dss In Environmental Policy And Practice., K. B. Matthews, M. G. Hutchins, G. Hill
International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software
Drawing on the literature of agricultural decision support systems (DSS) and experience in developing tools for policy support and evaluation, this paper argues that while in the main such tools have failed to live up to expectations it may be that the expectations were unrealistic. The design-use gap of DSS for environmental management is partially the inevitable cycle of expectations (unbelief-euphoria-disappointment and maturity or abandonment) experienced by any innovation. The environmental problems facing land managers and society are dauntingly complex. Yet more or better quality information does not inevitably lead to better management. Many of the issues that face land-use …
Application Of Genetic Algorithms For The Optimisation Of Multi-Pollutant Multi-Effect Problems, Stefan Reis, Steffen Nitter, Rainer Friedrich
Application Of Genetic Algorithms For The Optimisation Of Multi-Pollutant Multi-Effect Problems, Stefan Reis, Steffen Nitter, Rainer Friedrich
International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software
In this paper, crucial aspects of the implications and the complexity of interconnected multipollutantmulti-effect assessments of both air pollution control strategies and the closely related reduction ofGreenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions will be discussed. The main aims of the work described here are to identifythe core problems which occur when trying to apply current state-of-the-art methodology to conductintegrated assessments – in this context, cost-benefit assessment (CBA) as well as cost-effectivenessassessment (CEA) – using sophisticated computer models and propose solutions to the problems identified.The approaches described will display the integrated use of databases, efficient Genetic Algorithms (GA) andalready existing software tools and …
An Integrated Assessment Framework For Combining General Systems And Organizational Levels, Roman Lenz
An Integrated Assessment Framework For Combining General Systems And Organizational Levels, Roman Lenz
International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software
It is stated, that ecological theories like the one of organizational levels in living systems, ifcombined with a general systems approach, can be useful also for understanding and manipulating socialsystems and its “hidden socio-cybernetic processes”.Especially in relation to trans-level phenomena affecting different organisational levels, different researchapproaches have to be introduced, showing that descriptive-observational (which also means more holistic)and quantitative-experimental (which also means more reductionistic) approaches are complementary.Therefore, to include all relevant information in delineation and description of systems at any integrationlevel, a ”staircase” or ”scaling” of research steps appears to be the most useful approach. This combinescomparative and quantitative research …
Evaluating Agricultural Systems For Environmental Sustainability Using An Impact Matrix Approach, James C. Ascough Ii, D.L. Hoag, Alejandra Engler-Palma
Evaluating Agricultural Systems For Environmental Sustainability Using An Impact Matrix Approach, James C. Ascough Ii, D.L. Hoag, Alejandra Engler-Palma
International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software
Sustainable agriculture is a complex problem that demands consideration of many interrelated factors, processes, and institutions. Unfortunately, current definitions of sustainability are expansive, and use as a guide for strategic planning or decision making is clouded by ambiguity and a plethora of definitions. Regardless of how sustainability is defined, agricultural producers are interested in developing and evaluating agricultural management systems that are both environmentally sound and economically profitable. There has been a proliferation of decision analysis and economic indicator tools developed to aid producers; however, the tools rarely are used due to excessive complexity or a failure to capture important …