MultCSync: A software package for incorporating multiple criteria in conservation planning

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1315-1322

  Moffett, Alexander ^a   Garson, Justin ^a   Sarkar, Sahotra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

AHP; Analytic Hierarchy Process; MAVT; MCDM; Multiple attribute value theory; Multiple criteria decision making; Reserve network selection

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; OPTIMIZATION; TARGETS;

MULTICSYNC; PRIORITIZATION; RESOURCE EXTRACTION; SOFTWARE PACKAGES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; NATURE RESERVE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 16244397133     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2004.10.001     Document Type: Article

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