The Ecosystem Management Decision Support (EMDS) system provides decision support for integrated landscape evaluation and planning. The system provides decision support for landscape-level analyses through logic and decision engines integrated with ArcGIS 8.1+. The logic engine evaluates landscape data against a formal logic specification, designed with NetWeaver Developer, to derive logic-based interpretations of ecosystem conditions such as biodiversity and sustainability. The decision engine evaluates NetWeaver outcomes (and data related to additional factors such as feasibility and efficacy of land management actions) against a decision model for prioritizing landscape features with decision models built in Criterium DecisionPlus.
EMDS
http://www.spatial.redlands.edu/emds (No Longer Available)
All (User Specified Application Domain)
Alternative Evaluation
Plan Evaluation
Status Assessment
Suitability Assessment
Green River Sustainable Rivers Project
Northwest Forest Plan Aquatic And Riparian Effectiveness Monitoring Program
Sandy River Basin Anchor Habitats Project
All (User Specified Domain Knowledge Modeling Area)
Decision Modeling
Landscape Analysis And Modeling
Choice
Condition Analysis And Assessment
Constraints Specification
Evaluation Criteria Specification
Multi-Attribute Combination Methods
Uncertainty Methods
Data Management
GIS Analysis Integration
GIS Display Integration
Model/Service Management
Report Generation
Scenario Management And Comparison
User Interface
Visualization
Biophysical Process
Economic Process
Management Process
Social Process
User Defined Process
Map
Spatial Dataset
Table
Text Document
ESRI Geodatabase
ESRI Shapefile
Text File (.TXT)
Graph
Map
Spatial Dataset
Table
ESRI Geodatabase
Microsoft Excel (.Xls)
All (User Defined Analysis Extent)
All (User Defined Unit Of Observation)
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true
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Arcgis
Arcview
Criterium Decision Plus (CDP)
Netweaver
- ArcGIS, geographic information system (http://www.esri.com).
- EMDS ArcMap extension, manages suite of EMDS components in ArcMap.
- NetWeaver Developer, an external commercial application, used to design logic models (http://www.rules-of-thumb.com):
- NetWeaver engine, logic component integrated with EMDS extension.
- Criterium DecisionPlus, an external commercial application, used to design decision models (http://www.infoharvest.com).
- Priority Analyst, decision model component integrated with EMDS extension.
- Data Acquisition Manager, a special-purpose component to assist with prioritizing missing data.
Some Scientific Background
Some Computer/GIS Programming Skills
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false
Free
Regularly Distributed
EMDS Consortium
National Commission On Science For Sustainable Forestry
Keith M. Reynolds
Sean Gordon
Software Tools And Models - All
Spatial Decision Support Systems
EMDS is an application framework, and does not include specific models for evaluating biodiversity. Instead, users design their own specifications with NetWeaver Developer. However, a number of EMDS projects, produced by various organizations, have designed logic models addressing various aspects of biodiversity. Some models are freely available for adaptation and use (see Applications section or Knowledgebase page on EMDS web site)
Martin Wong
3/5/2011
Alternative Ranking, Decision Making
Condition Analysis And Assessment
Spatial Decision Support Systems
Biophysical Process
Timber Harvest Process
Wild Fire
Decision Model
Evaluative Models
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