Abstract
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Eco-and Ground Bio-Engineering: The Use of Vegetation to Improve Slope Stability |
| Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the First International Conference on Eco-Engineering |
| Editors | Alexis Stokes, Ionnis Spanos, Joanne E. Norris |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 369-378 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781402055928 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2007 |
Publication series
| Name | Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences |
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| Volume | 103 |
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Keywords
- decision support system
- slope protection
- eco-engineering strategies
- erosion
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A decision support system for the evaluation of eco-engineering strategies for slope protection. / Mickovski, S. B.; Beek, L. P. H. Van.
Eco-and Ground Bio-Engineering: The Use of Vegetation to Improve Slope Stability: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Eco-Engineering. ed. / Alexis Stokes; Ionnis Spanos; Joanne E. Norris. Springer, 2007. p. 369-378 (Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences; Vol. 103).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
TY - CHAP
T1 - A decision support system for the evaluation of eco-engineering strategies for slope protection
AU - Mickovski, S. B.
AU - Beek, L. P. H. Van
PY - 2007/3
Y1 - 2007/3
N2 - A decision support system (DSS) has been developed to assist expert and non-expert users in the evaluation and selection of eco-engineering strategies for slope protection. This DSS combines a qualitative hazard assessment of erosion and mass movements with a detailed catalogue of eco-engineering strategies for slope protection of which the suitability is evaluated in relation to the data entered. The slope decision support system is a knowledge based DSS in which knowledge is stored in frames containing rules that can evaluate the available information for a project, stored as project specific information in a data file. The advantages of such a system are that it accepts incomplete information and that the qualitative nature of the information does not instil the user with a sense of unjustified exactitude. By its multidisciplinary and progressive nature, the DSS will be of value during the initial stages of an eco-engineering project when data collection and the potential of different eco-engineering strategies are considered. The accent of the output of the DSS is on the application of eco-engineering strategies for slope protection as an environmentally friendly solution aiding sustainable development. For its acceptance within the engineering community, the DSS needs to prove its predictive capacity. Therefore, its performance has been benchmarked against successful and unsuccessful cases of slope stabilisation using eco-engineering. The target audience and the areas of application of this DSS are reviewed and the strategies for further development in this area suggested.
AB - A decision support system (DSS) has been developed to assist expert and non-expert users in the evaluation and selection of eco-engineering strategies for slope protection. This DSS combines a qualitative hazard assessment of erosion and mass movements with a detailed catalogue of eco-engineering strategies for slope protection of which the suitability is evaluated in relation to the data entered. The slope decision support system is a knowledge based DSS in which knowledge is stored in frames containing rules that can evaluate the available information for a project, stored as project specific information in a data file. The advantages of such a system are that it accepts incomplete information and that the qualitative nature of the information does not instil the user with a sense of unjustified exactitude. By its multidisciplinary and progressive nature, the DSS will be of value during the initial stages of an eco-engineering project when data collection and the potential of different eco-engineering strategies are considered. The accent of the output of the DSS is on the application of eco-engineering strategies for slope protection as an environmentally friendly solution aiding sustainable development. For its acceptance within the engineering community, the DSS needs to prove its predictive capacity. Therefore, its performance has been benchmarked against successful and unsuccessful cases of slope stabilisation using eco-engineering. The target audience and the areas of application of this DSS are reviewed and the strategies for further development in this area suggested.
KW - decision support system
KW - slope protection
KW - eco-engineering strategies
KW - erosion
U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4020-5593-5_37
DO - 10.1007/978-1-4020-5593-5_37
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781402055928
T3 - Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences
SP - 369
EP - 378
BT - Eco-and Ground Bio-Engineering: The Use of Vegetation to Improve Slope Stability
A2 - Stokes, Alexis
A2 - Spanos, Ionnis
A2 - Norris, Joanne E.
PB - Springer
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