Regional oceanic modeling systems (ROMS) as multi-purpose and multi-disciplinary entities are too complicated to be based on strictly quantitative mathematical descriptions. A verbal qualitative presentation of the regional oceanic ecosystem is inevitable. At the moment well known SWOT (strengths/weaknesses/opportunities/threats) analysis mechanism is highly recommended for the evaluation of ecosystems behavior. Unfortunately such an approach permits us to cope with the problems of their static. Thorough modeling, monitoring and prediction require certain level of dynamics. The paper proposes the joint SWOT analysis and fuzzy cognitive maps (FCM) approach for the purpose mentioned above and shows that such a hybridization enables us to enrich ROMS with the new tool.
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