The design and implementation of effective environmental policies need to be informed by a
holistic understanding of the system processes (biophysical, social and economic), their …

Human activities both depend upon and have consequences on the environment.
Environmental risk assessment (ERA) is a process of estimating the probability and …

In this paper, a bibliographical review over the last decade is presented on the application of
Bayesian networks to dependability, risk analysis and maintenance. It is shown an …

Bayesian networks (BNs), also known as Bayesian belief networks or Bayes nets, are a kind
of probabilistic graphical model that has become very popular to practitioners mainly due to …

Bayesian networks (BNs) are increasingly being used to model environmental systems, in
order to: integrate multiple issues and system components; utilise information from different …

The inevitable though frequently informal use of expert opinion in modelling, the increasing
number of models that incorporate formally expert opinion from a diverse range of …

Possible causes of a forest fire ignition could be human-caused (arson, smoking, hunting,
picnic fire, shepherd fire, stubble burning) or natural-caused (lightning strikes, power lines) …

Wetlands are valuable natural capital and sensitive ecosystems facing significant risks from
anthropogenic and climatic stressors. An assessment of the environmental risk levels for …

A wide range of quantitative and qualitative modelling research on ecosystem services
(ESS) has recently been conducted. The available models range between elementary …