Apicultural site zonation using GIS and multi-criteria decision analysis

Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-162

  Maris, Nisfariza Mohd Noor ^a   Mansor, Shattri ^b   Shafri, Helmi Zulhaidi M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b Institute of Advanced Technology (ITMA)   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process (AHP); Geographical information systems; Multi criteria decision analysis (MCDA)

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA;

EID: 65249102717     PISSN: 15113701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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