Continuing Lines: Application of heuristic optimisation techniques for spatial environmental problems with multiple objectives

Resource management in densely populated and technologically developed countries is faced with changing conditions, tending towards increased complexity. Some examples of these trends are: * increasing scarcity of resources and hence increased need for efficient production; * increasing number of objectives, such as those referring to ecological...

Ballast water

The world-wide transport of ballast water has been shown to be an effective distribution vector for numerous non-native organisms. Discharge of this ballast water may lead and has led to the introduction of these organisms into all kinds of fresh, brackish and seawater environments. In many cases, these unintended introductions had serious...