Optimized forest degradation model (OFDM): an environmental decision support system for environmental impact assessment using an artificial neural network Ali Jahani, Jahangir Feghhi, Majid F. Makhdoum & Mahmoud Omid a Environment and Natural Resources Sciences Department, University of Environment, Karaj, Iran b Department of Forestry and Forest Economic, Faculty of Natural Resources, Universi...

The research described in this paper addresses issues of designing a computationally effective decision support system which can assist a decision maker in making an optimal choice between several discrete alternatives. A new hybrid approach to multi-attribute decision making under uncertainty incorporating Neural Networks and the Dempster-Shafer theory of evidence is introduced. A neural netwo...