World climate services framework agreed

World Climate Research Programme

Finding Agreed Plans∗

The aim of this paper is to describe and solve a new type of planning problem in which a group of peers need to find and agree upon a plan that solves a given problem. Classical planning only addresses the finding of a plan, whereas agent research defines the concept of commitment which we will use to define the “agreed” aspect of a plan. The problem will be solved by introducing a level of ind...

Virtual World Webcasting Services

In this article, we present and describe current ideas in Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) technology such as focused mostly on integrating VRML with other technologies Geographical Information System (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) applied as new Internet services called Virtual World Webcasting (VWW). The VWW technology is considered a new web communication paradigm, definin...

Agreed but not preferred: expert views on taboo options for biodiversity conservation, given climate change.

Recent research indicates increasing openness among conservation experts toward a set of previously controversial proposals for biodiversity protection. These include actions such as assisted migration, and the application of climate-change-informed triage principles for decision-making (e.g., forgoing attention to target species deemed no longer viable). Little is known however, about the leve...

Agreed statistics: measurement method comparison.

Statistical Methods for Assessing Agreement between Two Methods of Clinical Measurement. By J. Martin Bland, Douglas G. Altman. Lancet 1986; 1(8476):307-10. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier, copyright 1986. In clinical measurement comparison of a new measurement technique with an established one is often needed to see whether they agree sufficiently for the new to replace the old....