Fuzzy multiobjective decision-making approach for groundwater resources management

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 206-217

  Kentel, Elcin ^a   Aral, Mustafa M ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Fuzzy sets; Ground water; Optimization; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY LOGIC; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ORDERED WEIGHTED AVERAGE (OWA); SIMULATION-OPTIMIZATION MODEL;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY LOGIC; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

COASTAL AQUIFER; DECISION MAKING; DRAWDOWN; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAVANNAH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847207474     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2007)12:2(206)     Document Type: Article

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