Integrative fuzzy hierarchical model for river health assessment: A case study of Yong River in Ningbo City, China

Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1729-1736

  Zhao, Y W ^a   Yang, Z F ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Integrative fuzzy hierarchical assessment; River health; Yong River

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

CASE-STUDIES; DECISION MAKERS; ECOLOGICAL DEGRADATIONS; HEALTH ASSESSMENTS; HEALTH RESEARCH; HIERARCHICAL MODEL; INTEGRATIVE FUZZY HIERARCHICAL ASSESSMENT; RIVER HEALTH; RIVER SYSTEMS; YONG RIVER;

RIVERS;

EID: 55549141195     PISSN: 10075704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2007.09.019     Document Type: Article

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