Application of geographic information system to the allocation of disaster shelters via fuzzy models

Engineering Computations (Swansea, Wales)

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 86-100

  Tsai, Chung Hung ^a   Chen, Cheng Wu ^b   Chiang, Wei Ling ^c   Lin, Meng Lung ^d  

^a Taiwan Hospitality and Tourism College   (Taiwan)

^b SHU TE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d ALETHEIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Decision making; Fuzzy control; Geographic information systems

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DISASTER PREVENTION; FUZZY CONTROL; FUZZY LOGIC; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DISASTER SHELTERS; FUZZY MODELS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 37549041312     PISSN: 02644401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02644400810841431     Document Type: Article

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