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A knowledge-based approach is proposed for the development of environmental decision support systems for watershed management. A generic system called RAISON was developed for the Windows system, originally for the acid rain problems and now for application in watershed management problems using expert system, neural network, genetic algorithms and other information technologies. The emphasis is on the teamwork between scientists, economists and policy advisors to meet the challenge of the paradigm shift due to the advancement of computer technologies.
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Lam, D.C.L., Bowen, G.S., Mayfield, C.I. (1997). The Development of Computer-based Watershed Management Systems. In: Denzer, R., Swayne, D.A., Schimak, G. (eds) Environmental Software Systems. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-5041-2869-8_2
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