| Acknowledgements |
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Rediscovering Sociotechnology |
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9 | (64) |
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Sociotechnology - a unified concept |
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9 | (3) |
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12 | (6) |
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Modernity means separation |
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18 | (9) |
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27 | (11) |
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The postmodern and the hypermodern |
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38 | (12) |
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The new nature of knowledge |
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50 | (8) |
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The so-called end of history and the third world |
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58 | (8) |
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Hydroinformatics as sociotechnology |
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66 | (7) |
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Network Distributed Decision Support Systems (NDDSSs) in the Fields of Water and the Environment |
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73 | (30) |
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NDDSSs: Towards a new paradigm for decision making |
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73 | (3) |
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Design requirements for an NDDSS |
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76 | (6) |
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The general concept of NDDSSs |
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82 | (2) |
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Functional components of NDDSSs |
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84 | (19) |
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85 | (3) |
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88 | (7) |
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The platform for collaboration and negotiation |
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95 | (8) |
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Aquavoice: A Prototype of a Network Distributed Decision Support System |
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103 | (98) |
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Introduction to Aquavoice |
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103 | (9) |
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The hypothetical case of Aquavoice |
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104 | (5) |
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Java - The main technology for the development of Aquavoice |
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109 | (3) |
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The design of Aquavoice and its main components |
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112 | (46) |
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The Fact Engine - the MIKE SHE hydrological model |
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117 | (1) |
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The MIKE SHE modelling system |
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117 | (4) |
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121 | (8) |
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Deployment of the MIKE SHE model on the Internet |
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129 | (11) |
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140 | (1) |
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Description of the FMADM adapted for the Aguavoice judgement engine |
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141 | (8) |
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Adaptation of the FMADM for the Aguavoice judgement engine |
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149 | (7) |
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Negotiation and Collaboration Platform |
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156 | (2) |
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The Dynamics of the Aquavoice game |
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158 | (38) |
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Further improvements of Aquavoice |
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196 | (5) |
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Software Agents and NDDSSs |
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201 | (20) |
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Agents and agent orientation |
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201 | (3) |
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204 | (7) |
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Possible uses of software agents for designing NDDSSs |
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211 | (10) |
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Agents in the fact engine component |
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212 | (2) |
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Agents in the judgement engine component |
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214 | (2) |
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Agents in the platform for collaboration and negotiation |
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216 | (5) |
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221 | (12) |
| References |
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233 | (10) |
| Summary |
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243 | (4) |
| Samenvatting (Summary in Dutch) |
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247 | (4) |
| About the author |
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