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This chapter presents a framework for the analysis of decisions on acid deposition; in particular, the decision to impose additional controls on sulfur oxide emissions. The decision framework is intended as a means of summarizing scientific information and uncertainties on the relation between emissions from electric utilities and other sources, acid deposition, and impacts to ecological systems. The methodology for implementing the framework is that of decision analysis, which provides a quantitative means of analyzing decisions under uncertainty. The chapter gives an overview of the decision framework and explains the decision analysis methods with a simplified caricature example. Implementation of the framework has been accomplished in the form of the ADEPT model, available through the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).
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North, D.W., Balson, W.E., Boyd, D.W. (1985). Acid Deposition: A Decision Framework that Includes Uncertainty. In: Adams, D.D., Page, W.P. (eds) Acid Deposition: Environmental, Economic, and Policy Issues. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8350-9_19
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