Uncertainty and Environmental Decision Making A Handbook of Research and Best Practice /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Filar, Jerzy A. (Editor), Haurie, Alain (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2010.
• Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 138
• Subjects: Environment.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Environmental management.; Environmental sciences.; Environmental economics.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.; Environmental Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Math. Appl. in Environmental Science.; Regional/Spatial Science.; Environmental Economics.

Uncertainty and Environmental Decision Making: A Handbook of Research and Best Practice presents the state of the art in applying operations research and management science (OR/MS) techniques to a broad range of environmental decision making (EDM) challenges. Drawing on leading researchers in the fi...

Table of Contents:

• OR/MS and Environmental Decision Making under Uncertainty
• Modeling Uncertainty in a Large scale integrated Energy-Climate Model
• Robust Optimization for Environmental and Energy Planning
• Coping with Climate Risks in Indonesian Rice Agriculture: A Policy Perspective
• A Primer on Weather Derivatives
• Optimal Control Models and Elicitation of Attitudes towards Climate Damages
• A Stochastic Control/Game Approach to the Optimal Timing of Climate Policies
• Precautionary Effect and Variations of the Value of Information
• Comparative Forecasting and a Test for Persistence in the El Ni#x00F1;o Southern Oscillation
• Generation of Synthetic Sequences of Electricity Demand with Applications
• Models for Improving Management of Biosolids Odors.