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Title: Evaluation of selected environmental decision support software

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/525067· OSTI ID:525067
;  [1];  [2]
  1. Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
  2. Environmental Project Control, Maynard, MA (United States)

Decision Support Software (DSS) continues to be developed to support analysis of decisions pertaining to environmental management. Decision support systems are computer-based systems that facilitate the use of data, models, and structured decision processes in decision making. The optimal DSS should attempt to integrate, analyze, and present environmental information to remediation project managers in order to select cost-effective cleanup strategies. The optimal system should have a balance between the sophistication needed to address the wide range of complicated sites and site conditions present at DOE facilities, and ease of use (e.g., the system should not require data that is typically unknown and should have robust error checking of problem definition through input, etc.). In the first phase of this study, an extensive review of the literature, the Internet, and discussions with sponsors and developers of DSS led to identification of approximately fifty software packages that met the preceding definition.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH00016
OSTI ID:
525067
Report Number(s):
BNL-64613; ON: DE97008741; TRN: 97:016676
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Jun 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English