TY  - CONF
T1  - Optimization of snowmaking in high mountains ski resort
A1  - Loubier, Jean Christophe
A1  - Kanevski, Mikhail
A1  - Schumacher, Michael
A1  - Timonin, Vadim
A1  - Claret, Stephane
A1  - Zieba, Adrien
A1  - Doctor, Marut
TI  - Proceedings of the 13th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science
Y1  - 2010
CY  - Guimaraes, Portugal
KW  - environment
KW  - General Regression Neural Network
KW  - multiagent simulations
KW  - Snowmaking
KW  - spatial prediction
N2  - Ski resorts are deploying more and more systems of artificial snow. These tools are necessary to ensure an important economic activity for the high alpine valleys. However, artificial snow raises important environmental issues that can be reduced by an optimization of its production. This paper presents a software prototype based on artificial intelligence to help ski resorts better manage their snowpack. It combines on one hand a General Neural Network for the analysis of the snow cover and the spatial prediction, with on the other hand a multiagent simulation of skiers for the analysis of the spatial impact of ski practice. The prototype has been tested on the ski resort of Verbier Switzerland).
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