This folder contains the original source code for WFA8433. The source is rendered the folder _site and those files transfered to the \doc folder by compile.R. Indvidual *.Rmd files are class materials.
NOTE: each lower case sub topic represents 1 contact hour
- A formal decision making process (6 contact hours)
- Introduction to decision making
- PrOACT process
- Making decisions: uncertainty, risk, and linked decisions
- Decision trees and decision making under uncertainty
- Being a decision maker
- Decision trees and decision models
- Decision making in natural resources and conservation contexts (5 contact hours)
- Introduction to structured decision making in natural resources management
- History, rational, and applications of decision making in natural resources and conservation
- Types of decision making philosophies in natural resources
- Structuring and quantifying objectives
- Decision making and working with stakeholders
- Assembling and parameterizing decision models (16 contact hours)
- Statistics and decision making: Estimating current system states-I
- Statistics and decision making: Estimating current system states-II
- Using data to estimate parameters and quantify uncertainty
- Predicting outcomes in a decision context: linear models
- Predicting outcomes in a decision context: generalized linear models
- Predicting outcomes in a decision context: hierarchical linear models
- Estimating current states (marked populations): abundance
- Estimating current states (marked populations): survival
- Estimating current states (marked populations): survival & abundance
- Estimating current states (marked populations): multi-state
- Estimating current states (unmarked populations): Occupancy
- Estimating current states (unmarked populations): multi season and state occupancy models
- Estimating current states (unmarked populations): Closed and open N-mixture models
- Introduction to influence diagrams
- Using graphical models to predict outcomes
- Eliciting and quantifying expert judgement
- Identifying optimal decisions (7 contact hours)
- Influence diagrams and decision alternatives
- Choosing the best decision alternative and evaluating the effect of uncertainty-I
- Choosing the best decision alternative and evaluating the effect of uncertainty-II Monte Carlo Simulation
- Sensitivity analysis and estimating the value of information
- Introduction to optimization
- Case study I-Setting harvest regulations
- Case study II-Invasive species control
- Adaptive management (AM)-learning from management actions (9 contact hours)
- Conflict Resolution and Knowledge Acquisition through adaptive management
- AM: More than just trial and error
- Learning from monitoring in AM
- Prioritizing learning: Passive versus active AM
- Case study-black duck management
- Case study-Golden Eagles and trail closures in Denali National Park
- Case study-reconnection of fragmented habitats
- Case study-Adaptive management of horseshoe crabs and red knots
- Advanced topics in SDM and AM: Risk and extreme uncertainty
- Final examination (3 contact hours)
Total contact hours = 46 hours