Growth and Yield models are a key component of forest DSS

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Has statement	Projection of stand development increases knowledge base. The use of growth and yield models to provide information about the stand development is key for improving decission making.
Has evidence	Information about hte impact of management alternatives on future stand development is key to select an alternative instead of another. Knowledge of potential management alternatives is limited among the users. Therefore, growth and yield models allow testing the impact of a large set of management alternatives.
Has consequences	The inclusion of growth and yield models in DSS allow showing outcomes of large sets of potential management alternatives which in fact enlarges the decision space and helps DM to develop better management plans.
Has recommendation for action
Has domain
Has DSS development stage	Use
Has decision stage
Has temporal scale	Long term (strategic), Medium term (tactical), Short term (operational)
Has spatial context	Non spatial
Has spatial scale	Stand level
Has objectives dimension	Multiple objectives
Has goods and services dimension	Market non-wood products, Market services, Market wood products, Non-market services
Has decision making dimension
Has country	Portugal
Has reference
Has related DSS
Has related case
Has related lesson
Has other relevant information
Has working group theme	Dss development process, Models & techniques, Knowledge management
Has DSS development	Growth and Yield models are a key component of forest DSS.Description of DSS development
Has decision support techniques	Growth and Yield models are a key component of forest DSS.Decision support techniques
Has knowledge management processes	Growth and Yield models are a key component of forest DSS.Knowledge management process
Has support for social participation	Growth and Yield models are a key component of forest DSS.Support of social participation
Has actor perspective	Developer/Architect, Researcher, User
Has researcher role
Has user role
Has developer role	Architect, Programmer, Project manager