An intelligent GIS for rangeland impact assessment

Author

Vayssières, Marc P. ; George, Mel R. ; Bernheim, L. ; Young, Julie ; Plant, Richard E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Agronomy & Range Sci., California Univ., Davis, CA, USA

fYear

1993

Firstpage

109

Lastpage

115

Abstract

A monitoring and forecasting system is needed for bioregional planning, natural resource policy analysis and management strategy testing in California. The advantages of qualitative, rule-based models, and a state-transition paradigm to build ecosystem models are discussed. An intelligent geographic information system to model the effects of fire, grazing, thinning and protection on species composition, canopy coverage and resource values in the woodland is presented. Conceptual issues and possible improvements are discussed

Keywords

biocybernetics; ecology; geographic information systems; knowledge based systems; monitoring; California; bioregional planning; ecology; ecosystem models; forecasting system; geographic information system; intelligent GIS; monitoring; natural resource policy analysis; rangeland impact assessment; rule-based models; woodland; Agriculture; Biological system modeling; Ecosystems; Fires; Floods; Geographic Information Systems; Humans; Production; Protection; Water resources;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AI, Simulation, and Planning in High Autonomy Systems, 1993. Integrating Virtual Reality and Model-Based Environments. Proceedings. Fourth Annual Conference

Conference_Location

Tucson, AZ

Print_ISBN

0-8186-4020-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AIHAS.1993.410584

Filename

410584