"The number of chemical ranking and scoring (CRS) systems developed in the past 20 years is estimated to be in the hundreds. The structures of these CRS systems vary widely, and often little guidance is available for developing these tools. These workshop participants developed a consensus framework and guidelines and principles for CRS in order to promote consistency in the development and application of CRS systems. Seventeen principle ..."
"Feasibility, efficacy, and potential design of an ecological risk assessment decision-support system for use by risk assessors and risk managers: These are the products of a SETAC workshop during which participants addressed the following aspects of system design: • identification of state-of-the-art methods required for ecological risk assessment • definition of decision-support system structure and its operation • development of data ..."