<s>
The	O
Ecosystem	B-Application
Management	I-Application
Decision	I-Application
Support	I-Application
(	O
EMDS	O
)	O
system	O
is	O
an	O
application	B-Application
framework	I-Application
for	O
knowledge-based	O
decision	B-Application
support	I-Application
of	O
ecological	O
analysis	O
and	O
planning	O
at	O
any	O
geographic	O
scale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EMDS	O
integrates	O
state-of-the-art	O
geographic	B-Application
information	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
GIS	B-Application
)	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
logic	B-Language
programming	I-Language
and	O
decision	B-Application
modeling	I-Application
technologies	I-Application
on	O
multiple	O
platforms	O
(	O
Windows	O
,	O
Linux	O
,	O
Mac	O
OS	O
X	O
)	O
to	O
provide	O
decision	B-Application
support	I-Application
for	O
a	O
substantial	O
portion	O
of	O
the	O
adaptive	O
management	O
process	O
of	O
ecosystem	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EMDS	O
has	O
used	O
Criterium	B-Application
DecisionPlus	I-Application
from	O
and	O
NetWeaver	O
from	O
as	O
core	O
analytical	O
engines	O
since	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
