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== General System description ==
 
  
System name: Vista
 
 
Acronym:
 
 
=== Brief overview ===
 
Briefly define purpose & capabilities of the system and available components (if any) Should be a 1-2 sentence summary of system
 
 
[[Category:Decision Support System]]
 
[[Category:USA DSS]]
 
[[Category:Multipurpose DSS]]
 
[[Category:Regional level]]
 
[[Category:Forest level]]
 
 
__TOC__
 
 
=== Scope of the system ===
 
* tool encourages decision maker to discover new problems or opportunities by exposing to new information or results
 
* tool helps decision makers in recognizing upcoming problems for which solutions have been developed previously
 
* tool allows decision maker to actively create new knowledge when faced with a new problem and to develop novel solutions
 
* tool allows decision maker to capture knowledge, making it available to decision makers who are seeking solutions from previously solved problems
 
 
=== System origin ===
 
* Who and when was it developed
 
* how was it developed
 
* is it a commercial product
 
* does it have real-life application cases
 
 
=== Support for specific issues  ===
 
Is the system designed to take into account specific uses? E.g. guidance on ways to characterize biodiversity, economic-biodiversity tradeoff analysis methods, risk assessment methods, landscape analysis methods, timber harvest effects, climate change effects, biological effects (pests, pathogens, invasives), fire,...
 
 
=== Support for specific thematic areas of a problem type  ===
 
* Silvicultural
 
* Certification
 
* Conservation
 
* Restoration
 
* Transportation
 
* Development choices / land use zoning
 
* Policy/intervention alternatives
 
* Sustainability impact assessment (SIA)
 
 
=== Capability to support decision making phases  ===
 
''(NOTE I do not quite know what to do with this, as I do not understand it myself, although it seems related to system use)''
 
 
(Click [[Simon's decision making model|here]] to see a more detailed explanation)
 
* Intelligence (+ explicit description of the support given by the DSS)
 
* Design (+ explicit description of the support given by the DSS)
 
* Choice (+ explicit description of the support given by the DSS)
 
* Monitor (+ explicit description of the support given by the DSS)
 
 
=== Related systems  ===
 
Describe (and/or link to) other systems related
 

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