Download or read book Syst mes d information environnementaux et d aide la d cision written by Collectif, and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Les systèmes d'information géographique sont conçus pour structurer, gérer, analyser et communiquer l'information géographique. Ces outils deviennent stratégiques tant pour l'observation économique ou environnementale des territoires que pour organiser les actions que l'on veut conduire sur ces territoires. Ces systèmes permettent d'évaluer les impacts d'une décision ou de simuler des scénarios d'évolution. Ils constituent donc une solution primordiale pour les collectivités locales dans le domaine de l'aménagement du territoire, de l'urbanisme ou de la gestion de l'eau. Les missions de SIGURA (Centre de ressources SIG en Rhône-Alpes) sont, entre autres, d'être un Centre de ressources et de compétences où les chercheurs peuvent faire bénéficier les entreprises et collectivités locales des avancées les plus récentes en matière de traitement de l'information géographique en intégrant modélisation, statistique, géographie, télédétection aérienne ou spatiale. Les divers acteurs du développement au niveau de la région et des départements pourront y trouver les experts nécessaires pour traiter l'information, la structurer, la représenter et la synthétiser grâce à des outils d'analyse spatiale adaptés. Les sept articles qui sont présentés dans ce numéro spécial et qui ont été sélectionnés à partir des communications de SIGURA 97, portent sur trois thèmes représentatifs des avancées en recherche appliquée dans le domaine des SIG en Rhône-Alpes. Ces avancées répondent à des problématiques de niveau différent mais d'actualité. Comment améliorer la qualité et la mise à jour des bases de données géoréférencées ? L'analyse spatiale des risques environnementaux (avalanches, glissements de terrains, pollutions, etc.) permet-elle de mieux les gérer ? Comment le traitement de l'information géographique s'intègre-t-il dans un processus d'aide à la décision pour la gestion environnementale des territoires ?

Download or read book Assessment and Simulation Tools for Sustainable Energy Systems written by Fausto Cavallaro and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, the concept of energy has been revised and a new model based on the principle of sustainability has become more and more pervasive. The appraisal of energy technologies and projects is complex and uncertain as the related decision making has to encompass environmental, technical, economic and social factors and information sources. The scientific procedure of assessment has a vital role as it can supply the right tools to evaluate the actual situation and make realistic forecasts of the effects and outcomes of any actions undertaken. Assessment and Simulation Tools for Sustainable Energy Systems offers reviews of the main assessment and simulation methods used for effective energy assessment. Divided across three sections, Assessment and Simulation Tools for Sustainable Energy Systems develops the reader’s ability to select suitable tools to support decision making and implementation of sustainable energy projects. The first is dedicated to the analysis of theoretical foundations and applications of multi-criteria decision making. This is followed by chapters concentrating on the theory and practice of fuzzy inference, neural nets and algorithms genetics. Finally, simulation methods such as Monte Carlo analysis, mathematical programming and others are detailed. This comprehensive illustration of these tools and their application makes Assessment and Simulation Tools for Sustainable Energy Systems a key guide for researchers, scientists, managers, politicians and industry professionals developing the field of sustainable energy systems. It may also prompt further advancements in soft computing and simulation issues for students and researchers.

Download or read book DayWater written by Daniel R. Thevenot and published by IWA Publishing. This book was released on 2008-03-15 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European DayWater project has developed a prototype of an Adaptive Decision Support System (ADSS) related to urban stormwater pollution source control. The DayWater ADSS greatly facilitates decision-making for stormwater source control, which is currently impeded by the large number of stakeholders involved and by the necessary multidisciplinary knowledge. This book presents the results of this project, providing new insights into both technical and management issues. The main objectives of its technical chapters are pollution source control modelling, risk and impact assessment, and evaluation and comparison of best management practices. It also covers management aspects, such as the analysis of the decision-making processes in stormwater source control, at a European scale, and stormwater management strategies in general. The combination of scientific-technical and socio-managerial knowledge, with the strong cooperation of numerous end-users, reflects the innovative character of this book which includes actual applications of the ADSS prototype in significant case studies. DayWater: an Adaptive Decision Support System for Urban Stormwater Management contains 26 chapters collectively prepared by DayWater scientific partners and end-users associated with this European Research and Development project. It includes: A general presentation of the DayWater Adaptive Decision Support System (ADSS) structure and operation modes A detailed description of the major components of this ADSS prototype The assessment of its components in significant case studies in France, Germany and Sweden The proceedings of the International Conference on Decision Support Systems for Integrated Urban Water Management, held in Paris on 3-4 November 2005. The book presents the ADSS prototype including a combination of freely accessible on-line databases, guidance documents, “road maps” and modelling or multi-criteria analysis tools. As demonstrated in several significant case studies the challenge for stormwater managers is to make the benefits of urban stormwater management visible to society, resulting in active co-operation of a diversity of stakeholders. Only then, will sustainable management succeed. DayWater: an Adaptive Decision Support System for Urban Stormwater Management advances this cause of sustainable urban management through Urban stormwater management, and makes achievable (by means of risk and vulnerability tools which are included) the goal of integrated urban water management (IUWM).

Download or read book D veloppement durable et macro syst mes d information written by Christophe Bouni and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Research Anthology on Decision Support Systems and Decision Management in Healthcare Business and Engineering written by Management Association, Information Resources and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2021-05-28 with total page 1538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decision support systems (DSS) are widely touted for their effectiveness in aiding decision making, particularly across a wide and diverse range of industries including healthcare, business, and engineering applications. The concepts, principles, and theories of enhanced decision making are essential points of research as well as the exact methods, tools, and technologies being implemented in these industries. From both a standpoint of DSS interfaces, namely the design and development of these technologies, along with the implementations, including experiences and utilization of these tools, one can get a better sense of how exactly DSS has changed the face of decision making and management in multi-industry applications. Furthermore, the evaluation of the impact of these technologies is essential in moving forward in the future. The Research Anthology on Decision Support Systems and Decision Management in Healthcare, Business, and Engineering explores how decision support systems have been developed and implemented across diverse industries through perspectives on the technology, the utilizations of these tools, and from a decision management standpoint. The chapters will cover not only the interfaces, implementations, and functionality of these tools, but also the overall impacts they have had on the specific industries mentioned. This book also evaluates the effectiveness along with benefits and challenges of using DSS as well as the outlook for the future. This book is ideal for decision makers, IT consultants and specialists, software developers, design professionals, academicians, policymakers, researchers, professionals, and students interested in how DSS is being used in different industries.

Download or read book Environmental Information Systems Concepts Methodologies Tools and Applications written by Management Association, Information Resources and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2018-09-07 with total page 1759 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental information and systems play a major role in environmental decision making. As such, it is vital to understand the impact that they have on different aspects of sustainable environmental management, as well as to understand the opportunism they might present for further improvement. Environmental Information Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is an innovative reference source containing the latest research on the use of information systems to track and organize environmental data for use in an overall environmental management system. Highlighting a range of topics such as environmental analysis, remote sensing, and geographic information science, this multi-volume book is designed for engineers, data scientists, practitioners, academicians, and researchers interested in all aspects of environmental information systems.

Download or read book Syst mes d Information G ographique et Lien Environnement Sant SIGLES written by Florent Occelli and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La question des inégalités environnementales et sociales de santé (IESS) à l’échelle des territoires est rapportée à deux dimensions cumulatives : un niveau d’exposition des populations à un environnement de vie dégradé et un niveau de vulnérabilité face à ces facteurs de risques, capables d’affecter la santé. Ces travaux de recherche concernent les Systèmes d’Information Géographique (SIG) appliqués au domaine de la santé environnementale. Ils ont pour objectifs généraux la caractérisation de la qualité des milieux environnementaux et l’évaluation des IESS. L’atteinte de ces objectifs passe préalablement par la récolte, la genèse et la mise en forme de bases de données environnementales spatialisées. Ces bases issues de la surveillance physico-chimique et de la biosurveillance des milieux sont ensuite cartographiées à l'aide des outils SIG, notamment les méthodes géostatistiques d’interpolation spatiale. En parallèle, les disparités spatiales d'incidence de pathologies sont étudiées grâce à des méthodes de cartographie des maladies (Ratios d'Incidence Standardisés : SIR) et de détection de clusters atypiques d'évènements (statistique de scan) mises en œuvre sur la base de registres de maladies. Finalement des études écologiques spatialisées sont élaborées afin de rapprocher les cartographies environnementales générées aux indicateurs sanitaires et socio-économiques. Ces travaux s’attachent à répondre à la question « les populations présentant un état de santé dégradé vivent-elles dans un environnement dégradé ? » Ce questionnement a été étudié à travers trois axes de recherche. Le premier concerne la caractérisation de l’imprégnation de l’environnement par les éléments traces métalliques (ETM) et l’évaluation des IESS à fine résolution sur trois bassins de vie de la région Nord-Pas de Calais (NPdC). Cette recherche est menée à partir de mesures d’imprégnations biologiques réalisées à la fois chez des lichens épiphytes et chez l’Homme et d’un indicateur de défaveur localisé. Les ETM mesurés ont été considérés de manière individuelle, mais également de manière globale à travers le développement d’un indice intégré multimétallique, afin d’exprimer le niveau d’imprégnation général par plusieurs métaux. Des inégalités environnementales ont été mises en évidence à l’échelle des quartiers du bassin de Dunkerque. Nos résultats supposent également l’implication de l’environnement dans l’imprégnation des populations pour certains ETM.Dans le deuxième axe, nous avons mis en évidence des disparités spatiales d’incidence de l’insuffisance rénale chronique terminale entre les cantons du NPdC et souligné l’implication du statut socio-économique dans l’apparition de ces disparités, contrairement à d’autres facteurs (diabète, maladies cardiovasculaires, pratiques médicales). Seule une partie des disparités de cette pathologie est aujourd’hui expliquée. Il est donc nécessaire de poursuivre sur le rôle des contaminants de l’environnement. Enfin, le troisième axe s’intéresse à l’analyse spatiale et spatio-temporelle de contaminations des eaux souterraines par les ETM, en vue d’identifier de potentiels facteurs de risques environnementaux des maladies inflammatoires chroniques de l’intestin. La réalisation de ces travaux s’appuie sur plusieurs collaborations établies avec le Réseau REIN, le Registre EPIMAD et des équipes de recherche (EA4483 et EA2694 Université Lille 2, TVES EA4477 ULCO).A la suite de ces travaux de thèse, les perspectives de recherche sont de poursuivre le développement d’indicateurs intégrés d’exposition aux contaminations multiples des milieux environnementaux. Les résultats montrent également un manque de renseignement des bases de données environnementales par rapport aux registres de santé. Un travail est donc nécessaire afin de définir le contenu de ces bases, nécessaire pour caractériser la qualité des milieux et faciliter l’étude de l’interaction de l’Homme avec son environnement.

Download or read book Environmental Data Management written by Nilgun B. Harmanciogammalu and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The diverse nature of environmental problems mankind has encountered within the last decade has developed a new understanding of the nature of environmental processes. Currently, the environment is considered as a continuum of air, soil and water as the vital components for sustaining life on earth. The interactive nature of these components requires that the environment is managed and protected as a cohesive whole. This can only be accomplished through an integrated approach to environmental management. Besides the concept of environmental continuum, prospects for sustainable development of natural resources and the recent recognition of global climate change impacts have also necessitated such an integrated approach to environmental management. Two basic tools for integrated management of the environment are modeling and environmental data. Both tools were available and valid in the past; however, the recent requirements for integrated environmental management have also led to a significant evolution of both modeling procedures and data management systems.

Download or read book The Effects of Disasters on Modern Societies written by Monte Smith and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1995-11 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers natural disaster risk in modern societies and policies for natural disaster reduction in modern societies. Topics include: disaster management in metropolitan areas, urban environmental degradation and vulnerability to disasters, use of mobile satellite communications in disaster management mitigation, application of satellite remote sensing for natural disaster reduction in developing countries, role of non-life insurance in disaster management systems, and much more. Photos, charts and tables.

Download or read book Integrated Approach to Environmental Data Management Systems written by Nilgun B. Harmanciogammalu and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An integrated approach to environmental data management is necessitated by the complexity of the environmental problems that need to be addresses, coupled with the interdisciplinary approach that needs to be adopted to solve them. Agenda 21 of the Rio Environmental Conference mandated international programmes and organizations to take steps to develop common data and information management plans, and steps have been taken in this direction. The key word that defines the framework of the present book is `integration'. The book establishes the basics of integrated approaches and covers environmental data management systems within that framework, covering all aspects of data management, from objectives and constraints, design of data collection networks, statistical and physical sampling, remote sensing and GIS, databases, reliability of data, data analysis, and the transformation of data into information.

Download or read book GIS and GeoComputation written by Peter Atkinson and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2000-03-30 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geographic Information Systems are computer-based systems for geographic analysis. They have been developed over the past twenty five years and are now widely used. A recent research direction has been the development of geocomputation , representing computer-based geographical analysis beyond the traditional bounds of GIS. In geocomputation, th

Download or read book JRI 2022 written by Abdoulaye Sere and published by European Alliance for Innovation. This book was released on 2023-05-16 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 5th edition of the "Journée de Recherche en Informatique" (JRI 2022), the main annual Computer Science Research Days, hosted this year by New Dawn University and Organized by the "Réseau des Enseignants Chercheurs et chercheurs en Informatique du Faso" (RECIF). It took place on November 24-26, 2022, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. JRI 2022 was held as a hybrid event and brought an opportunity between local and international academics or experts in Information Technology to discuss the latest research results in many topics such as Machine Learning, GIS, IOT, VANET, object detection and their applications in precision agriculture, traffic saturation, energy optimization.

Download or read book Geographic Data Imperfection 1 written by Mireille Batton-Hubert and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-08-16 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geomatics is a field of science that has been intimately intertwined with our daily lives for almost 30 years, to the point where we often forget all the challenges it entails. Who does not have a navigation application on their phone or regularly engage with geolocated data? What is more, in the coming decades, the accumulation of geo-referenced data is expected to increase significantly. This book focuses on the notion of the imperfection of geographic data, an important topic in geomatics. It is essential to be able to define and represent the imperfections that are encountered in geographical data. Ignoring these imperfections can lead to many risks, for example in the use of maps which may be rendered inaccurate. It is, therefore, essential to know how to model and treat the different categories of imperfection. A better awareness of these imperfections will improve the analysis and the use of this type of data.

Download or read book Reading and Writing Knowledge in Scientific Communities written by Gérald Kembellec and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-08-07 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practices associated with the culture of “scholarly” reading have been developed over many centuries and annotations themselves have become the subject of study, either as additional elements in connection with the original texts or as documents in their own right. The first “scholarly” reading techniques, seen historically from the 12th Century onwards, combine reading and writing in a process known as lettrure, involving both attentive reading and commentary. The Internet has transformed this activity, adding technical layers that relate both to the reading and writing process as well as to the circulation of texts; their potential and effective augmentation, diffusion, and reception. This book examines digitized reading and writing by focusing primarily on the conditions for the co-construction of scientific knowledge and its augmentation. The authors present numerous examples of studies and personal feedback concerning the intellectual process, open critical spaces, collaborative scholarly publishing, methods for the circulation and mediatization of knowledge, as well as the techniques and tools employed.

Download or read book Spatial Multicriteria Decision Making and Analysis written by Jean-Claude Thill and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-01-04 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1999, this volume consists of selected papers presented at the North American Meetings of the RSAI along with invited contributions from scholars active in the field of spatial multicriteria decision making and analysis. It is meant to present diverse lines of research in spatial multicriteria decision making and analysis under the multidisciplinary umbrella of Geographic Information Science. The first part explores selected theoretical and conceptual aspects of spatial multicriteria decision making and analysis not confined to any specific application domain. Part 2 consists of six chapters focusing on various forms of location decision and analysis problems. Finally, part 3 contains five chapters on various spatial decision problems whose systemic scope sets them apart from locational decision problems.

Download or read book Annuaire Europeen 2000 European Yearbook 2000 written by Francis Rosensteil and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 2001-07-01 with total page 1154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year 2000's most significant international event was, almost certainly, neither political nor military, but scientific - the announcement, in June, that the human genome had been almost totally decoded. Future generations may well see this as a major turning point, opening the way to radical changes in diagnosis, prognosis, and medical treatment. Often compared with the space programme, this vast enterprise still generates misgivings: this new power, which human beings now have, to modify the genetic heritage of living creatures raises fundamentally new ethical questions - and society as a whole will have to find the answers. In fact, the accelerating pace of scientific and technical progress seems to be reviving atavistic anxieties, some rational, others less so. Recent public-health crises, including the mad cow disease' scare, which lasted into 2000, have fuelled these fears. The public's rejection of GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) - verging on a crusade in some countries - tells its own story. As regards conflict, 2000 saw the Middle East peace process grind to a halt, and the Intifada resume. In Europe, the situation in Kosovo and Chechnya, both the scenes of fighting in 1999, stayed precarious. Peace and democracy did score some successes, however, particularly in Europe: the centre-left's victory in Croatia, sweeping former President Tudjman's party off the scene, the democratic party's triumph in Bosnia, and the fall of the Milosevic regime in Serbia.

Download or read book Advanced Studies in Multi Criteria Decision Making written by Sarah Ben Amor and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-12-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions from some of the top academics and scientists in the field, Advanced Studies in Multi-Criteria Decision Making presents an updated view of the landscape of Decision Sciences, current research topics, the interaction with other sciences and fields, as well as the prospects and challenges at an international level. Given that Decision Sciences are recognized today as indispensable for confronting the major societal challenges in science and technology, this book would be of interest to decision-makers, managers, and researchers from academia, and industrial/services companies that would like a fresh insight into MCDM. Features Integrates a wide range of scientific fields with a general reader approach, including applied researchers from the social, business, enterprise sciences Suitable for academics and professionals Presents a broad coverage of MCDM tools either in industry or in services companies and systems Provides a fresh overview on MCDM studies promoted by prestigious R&D institutions