Environmental Software Systems Computer Science For Environmental Protection

Author : Ralf Denzer
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0387349510
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Software Systems written by Ralf Denzer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-06-05 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to increasing practical needs, software support of environmental protection and research tasks is growing in importance and scope. Software systems help to monitor basic data, to maintain and process relevant environmental information, to analyze gathered information and to carry out decision processes, which often have to take into account complex alternatives with various side effects. Therefore software is an important tool for the environmental domain. When the first software systems in the environmental domain grew - 10 to 15 years ag- users and developers were not really aware of the complexity these systems are carrying with themselves: complexity with respect to entities, tasks and procedures. I guess nobody may have figured out at that time that the environmental domain would ask for solutions which information science would not be able to provide and - in several cases - can not provide until today. Therefore environmental informatics - as we call it today - is also an important domain of computer science itself, because practical solutions need to deal with very complex, interdisciplinary, distributed, integrated, sometimes badly defined, user-centered decision processes. I doubt somebody will state that we are already capable of building such integrated systems for end users for reasonable cost on a broad range. The development of the first scientific community for environmental informatics started around 1985 in Germany, becoming a technical committee and working group of the German Computer Society in 1987.

Author : Ralf Denzer
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1504128699
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Software Systems written by Ralf Denzer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-03-24 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental Informatics is a fast growing field which deals with all methods from computer science, environmental planning, ecology and related subjects. As well as being an interdisciplinary area, Environmental Informatics provides an interface between all involved professional groups. Monitoring the state of the environment, analysing existing data, presenting the data to scientists and the public, as well as providing decision support are only some of the topics involved. Environmental Informatics is therefore a good foundation for the computer-assisted protection of the environment.

Author : Jiří Hřebíček
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331989935X
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Software Systems. Computer Science for Environmental Protection written by Jiří Hřebíček and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th IFIP WG 5.11 International Symposium on Environmental Software Systems, ISESS 2017, held in Zadar, Croatia, in May 2017. The 35 revised full papers presented together with 4 keynote lectures were carefully reviewed and selected from 46 submissions. The papers deal with environmental challenges and try to provide solutions using forward-looking and leading-edge IT technology. They are organized in the following topical sections: air and climate; water and hydrosphere; health and biosphere; risk and disaster management; information systems; and modelling, visualization and decision support.

Author : Ralf Denzer
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0387355030
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Software Systems written by Ralf Denzer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental Informatics (or Enviromatics) is a maturing subject with interdisciplinary roots in computer science, environmental planning, ecology, economics and other related areas. Its practitioners must be prepared to work with many diverse professional groups. It forms the foundation for computer-assisted environmental protection. This book contains an edited version of papers presented at the 3rd International Symposium on Environmental Software Systems (ISESS '99), which was held at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, from August 30 to September 2, 1999, and was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). The text is divided into six sections: Enviromatics - Introduction; Environmental Issues; Environmental Information Systems - Tools and Techniques; Environmental Information Systems - Implementations; Environmental Decision Support Systems; Specialised Topics. This state-of-the-art volume will be essential reading for computer scientists and engineers, ecologists, and environmental planners and managers.

Author : Ralf Denzer
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ISBN 13 : 9781475751598
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Software Systems written by Ralf Denzer and published by . This book was released on 2014-01-15 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nicholas M. Avouris
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401714436
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Informatics written by Nicholas M. Avouris and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental informatics is a field of applied computer science that develops and uses the techniques of information processing for environmental protection, research and engineering. The multidisciplinary nature of environmental problems needs environmental informatics as a bridge and mediator between many disciplines and institutions. The present book presents a wide range of topics currently being pursued in the area, including basic methodological issues and typical applications. A significant number of recognised experts have contributed to the volume, discussing the methodology and application of environmental monitoring, environmental databases and information systems, GIS, modeling software, environmental management systems, knowledge-based systems, and the visualisation of complex environmental data. For scholarly and professional practitioners of environmental management who wish to acquire well-founded knowledge of environmental information processing and specialists in applied computer science who wish to learn more about the contribution of their field to the solution of our urgent environmental problems.

Author : Jiří Hřebíček
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642411517
Total Pages : 721 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Software Systems. Fostering Information Sharing written by Jiří Hřebíček and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-09-08 with total page 721 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th IFIP WG 5.11 International Symposium on Environmental Software Systems, ISESS 2013, held in Neusiedl am See, Austria, in June 2013. The 65 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: environmental application in the scope of the future Internet; smart and mobile devices used for environmental applications; information tools for global environmental assessment; environmental applications in risk and crises management; SEIS as a part of the 7th environment action programme of EU; human interaction and human factors driving future EIS/EDSS developments; environmental management/-accounting and -statistics; and information systems and applications.

Author : Burkhardt Funk
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642360114
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Information Technology in Environmental Engineering written by Burkhardt Funk and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-09-14 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information technologies have evolved to an enabling science for natural resource management and conservation, environmental engineering, scientific simulation and integrated assessment studies. Computing plays a significant role in the every day practices of environmental engineers, natural scientists, economists, and social scientists. The complexity of natural phenomena requires interdisciplinary approaches, where computing science offers the infrastructure for environmental data collection and management, scientific simulations, decision support, documentation and reporting. Ecology, environmental engineering and natural resource management comprise an excellent real-world testbed for IT system demonstration, while presenting new challenges for computer science. Complexity, uncertainty and scaling issues of natural systems constitute a demanding application domain for modelling, simulation and scientific workflows, data management and reporting, decision support and intelligent systems, distributed computing environments, geographical information systems, heterogeneous systems integration, software engineering, accounting systems, control systems, as well as sustainable manufacturing and reverse logistics. This books offers a collection of papers presented at the 6th International Conference on Environmental Engineering, held in July 2013, in Lüneburg, Germany. Recent success stories in ecoinformatics, promising ideas and new challenges are discussed among computer scientists, environmental engineers, industrial engineers, economists and social scientists, demonstrating new paradigms for problem solving and decision making.

Author : Ioannis N. Athanasiadis
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540883517
Total Pages : 605 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Information Technologies in Environmental Engineering written by Ioannis N. Athanasiadis and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-05-28 with total page 605 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information technologies have evolved to an enabling science for natural resource management and conservation, environmental engineering, scientific simulation and integrated assessment studies. Computing plays a significant role in every day practices of environmental engineers, natural scientists, economists, and social scientists. The complexity of natural phenomena requires interdisciplinary approaches, where computing science offers the infrastructure for environmental data collection and management, scientific simulations, decision support documentation and reporting. Ecology, environmental engineering and natural resource management comprise an excellent real-world testbed for IT system demonstration, while raising new challenges for computer science. Complexity, uncertainty and scaling issues of natural systems form a demanding application domain for sensor networks and earth observation systems; modelling, simulation and scientific workflows, data management and reporting, decision support and intelligent systems, distributed computing environments, geographical information systems, heterogeneous systems integration, software engineering, accounting systems and control systems. This books offers a collection of papers presented at the 4th International Symposium on Environmental Engineering, held in May 2009, in Thessaloniki, Greece. Recent success stories in ecoinformatics, promising ideas and new challenges are discussed among computer scientists, environmental engineers, economists and social scientists, demonstrating new paradigms for problem solving and decision making.

Author : Ulises Cortes Garcia
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3764389001
Total Pages : 174 pages
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Download or read book Advanced Agent-Based Environmental Management Systems written by Ulises Cortes Garcia and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-03-08 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multi-agent Systems (MAS) are one of the most exciting research areas in Artificial Intelligence meanwhile Environmental Studies is a research area of strategic interest. Both areas can provide society with solutions for many real applications, in order to use and protect the environment. Human activities imply intervention into nature, but properly managed, these interventions can not be only ecologically sound but also favourable to the sustainable development of civilisation. The encounter between these fields is a new challenge for many researchers of both communities. This book presents a comprehensive reference of state-of-the-art efforts. Specifically, it presents current and future ways in which adaptive information technologies, techniques, protocols and architectures, such as software agent technologies and multi-agent systems, can be used to support the development of real-world agent-based systems in the area of e-Environment.