Integrating multicriteria analysis and geographic information systems: The ordered weighted averaging (OWA) approach

International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 7-19

  Malczewski, Jacek ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Multicriteria analysis; Ordered weighted averaging; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LINEAR SYSTEMS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WATERSHEDS;

MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; OPERATORS; ORDERED WEIGHTED AVERAGING; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; GIS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

CANADA; CEDAR CREEK [ONTARIO]; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

EID: 31744446224     PISSN: 14662132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijetm.2006.008251     Document Type: Article

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