Goals and Goal Orientation in Decision Support Systems for Ecosystem Management

摘要: We explore a goal-oriented as opposed to problem-oriented approach DSS development for ecosystem management. Ecosystem management ordinarily is guided by set of goals that may conflict in various ways. Problems are perceived obstacles realizing goals. Identifying and resolving conflicts between goals, testing current or projected situations goal satisfaction, problem identification all require robust model the structure intended domain. The lowest level this must be represented desirable future conditions consisting proposed values observable indicators. A causal, legal, other institutional relations these also needed. Two projects based on described. first project has produced an initial prototype incorporates forest rules representing three tiers: unit stand-level conditions. second, at knowledge acquisition stage, attempt develop participatory decision-making methodology socially environmentally sensitive economic Central America.