From COST Action FP0804: FORSYS
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Name, responsible organisation and contact person
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Ecosystem Management Decision Support System
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| Has acronym
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EMDS
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| Has wiki contact person
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Keith M Reynolds
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| Has wiki contact e-mail
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kreynolds@fs.fed.us
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Software identification
Description
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The system provides decision support for landscape-level analyses through logic and decision engines integrated with the ArcGIS geographic information system. The NetWeaver logic engine evaluates landscape data against a formal logic specification designed in the NetWeaver Developer system, to derive logic-based interpretations of ecosystem conditions. The decision engine evaluates NetWeaver outcomes, and data related to the feasibility and efficacy of land management actions, against a decision model for prioritizing landscape features built with its development system, Criterium DecisionPlus. CDP models implement the analytical hierarchy process, the simple multi-attribute rating technique, or a combination of the two methods. The system has been used in a high variety of applications.
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| Has modelling scope
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user defined
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| Has temporal scale
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Long term (strategic), Medium term (tactical), Short term (operational)
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| Has spatial context
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Spatial with neighbourhood interrelations, Spatial with no neighbourhood interrelations
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| Has spatial scale
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Forest level, Regional/national level, Stand level
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| Has objectives dimension
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Multiple objectives, Single objective
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| Has related DSS
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| Has goods and services dimension
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Market non-wood products, Market services, Market wood products, Non-market services
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| Has decision making dimension
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More than one decision maker, More than one decision maker/stakeholder, Single decision maker
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| Has forest management goal
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multi-functional, user defined
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| Supports tree species
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| Supports silvicultural regime
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user defined
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Concrete application
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Logic-based evaluation of landscape condition. Topic of analysis defined by user. Scale of analysis set by user. Second stage sets priorities for landscape units. MCDM for priorities defined by user.
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| Has user profile
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public land managers (i.e. state-owned / federal / cantonal / communal forests), national forest administration, NGO, service providers, local communities, local administration
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| Has country
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United States
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| Has references about examples of application
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem_Management_Decision_Support
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| Has number of users
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>100
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| Has number of real-life applications
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>100
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| Has utilisation in education
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N/A
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| Has research project reference
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem_Management_Decision_Support
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| Has tool dissemination
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System downloaded from website; training available on request
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Decision support techniques used in the DSS
Support of Knowledge Management
Support of social participation
DSS development
Documentation
Non-wood forest products
