Extended OWA operator for group decision making on water resources projects

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 266-275

  Zarghami, M ^a   Ardakanian, R ^b   Memariani, A ^c   Szidarovszky, F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Decision making; Iran; Multiple purpose projects; Water resources

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

OPTIMAL DECISION; ORDERED WEIGHTED AVERAGING; WATER RESOURCES PROJECT;

WATER RESOURCES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RANKING; STAKEHOLDER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

ASIA; EURASIA; GILAN; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; SEFIDROOD BASIN;

EID: 42449131031     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9496(2008)134:3(266)     Document Type: Article

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