Incorporation of preferential uncertainty into interval-scale priority functions - A case of multicriteria forestry decision making

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1498-1506

  Leskinen, Pekka ^a   Pykäläinen, Jouni ^b   Haara, Arto ^c  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC IDEA; DECISION MAKERS; DECISION PROBLEMS; DISCRETE POINTS; FINNISH; FOREST PLANNING; FORESTRY DECISIONS; GRADING SYSTEM; INTERACTIVE APPROACH; INTERACTIVE PLANNING; MULTI-CRITERIA; PLANNING MODELS; PREFERENCE DATA; PRIORITY MODEL; QUANTITATIVE DECISION; RESEARCH OBJECTIVES; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; STATISTICAL APPROACH; STATISTICAL ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY MEASURES; UTILITY FUNCTIONS;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; FORESTRY; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; TIMBER;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DATA SET; DECISION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY MODELING; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; FORESTS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 69249157639     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-055     Document Type: Article

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