METHODOLOGY

Qualitative assessments - opinion surveys

Provides the opinion of the "average human" - this is what we are really interested in.

Fiscally impractical to sample the population in making every resource decision.

Quantitative assessment - model human opinions from image features

Expedites forest cutting decisions

Inexpensive - once the models are developed, there is essentially no cost.

What features do humans actually find important and are they consistent?

Unlikely that humans can be modeled by linear systems.