July 2013 - July 2015

SADRI
Models and Decision Support Systems for Adressing Risk and Uncertainty in Forest Planning.

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University of Lisbon_ISA Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA)

University of Lisbon_FCUL Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências (FCUL)

University of Evora_UE Universidade de Evora (UE)

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WP3: Decision Support Systems (DSS)

Description:

The objective of this task is to develop a conceptual model of decision making processes in adaptive forest management (AFM), to develop the architecture of a DSS for AFM, to implement the DSS as software package, and to demonstrate the application of the DSS for selected case studies. An innovative computational modular structure will be evolved for adaptive forest management including risk assessment (e.g. fire and pests). Recommendations for AFM in Portugal will be produced based on the application of the DSS to the case studies.

The system will also integrate innovative tools to create Interactive Decision Maps, which will be used for multiple criterion decision problems providing interactive and animated visualization of frontiers of multiple two-criterion slices of the Edgeworth-pareto hull. This will serve to analyse trade-offs between criteria/objectives which is instrumental for the stakeholders to better understand the problem, specify the preferred combination of the criterion values (the goal), and compute the associated decision alternatives.

Objectives:

• Integrate operations research and computer science approaches to optimise forest management scheduling and supply chain management.
• Develop and integrate tools to create Interactive Decision Maps that facilitate the analysis of trade-offs for multiple-criteria decision problems.
• Develop DSS with a clear focus on the target users and their needs.