Decision-support for environmental impact assessment: A hybrid approach using fuzzy logic and fuzzy analytic network process

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 3 PART 1, 2009, Pages 5119-5136

  Liu, Kevin F R ^a   Lai, Jia Hong ^a  

^a DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Decision support; Environmental impact assessment; Fuzzy analytic network process; Fuzzy logic; Risk attitude

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CIRCUITS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DECISION SUPPORTS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS (EIA); FUZZY ANALYTIC NETWORK PROCESS; OVERALL ACCEPTABILITY; RISK ATTITUDE; TAIWAN HIGH SPEED RAILS;

FUZZY LOGIC;

EID: 58349111146     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2008.06.045     Document Type: Article

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