The Java Expert System Shell (Jess)
Jess is a rule engine and scripting environment written entirely in Sun's Java language by Ernest Friedman-Hill at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, CA. Using Jess, you can build Java...
Summary methods to identifying climate vulnerability and exposure
I: Focus on key hazards or opportunities through a livelihood-exposure sensitivity matrix
A livelihood sensitivity matrix provides a starting point for determining which livelihoods are...
Data envelope decision analysis
2D plot of DEA - this is used in business
This idea is from the Data Envelope Analysis (DEA), but the purpose is very different. DEA is used to study the efficiency of each...
Appendix A: Developing a livelihood-sensitivity matrix
This page shows how to develop a livelihood sensitivity matrix that can be used in several ways:
- To synthesize existing knowledge on climate vulnerability in a fairly rapid participatory...
Agent-based modelling
An introduction
1. An agent is an autonomous piece of program code representing an actor in a social system [1], which can be used to model many or multiple types of agency at different...
