A robust interval-based minimax-regret analysis approach for the identification of optimal water-resources-allocation strategies under uncertainty

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 86-96

  Li, Y P ^a   Huang, G H ^b   Nie, S L ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Decision making; Fuzzy sets; Interval based; Minimax regret; Planning; Robust programming; Uncertainty; Water resources

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATION STRATEGY; ANALYSIS APPROACH; DECISION MAKERS; FAILURE RISK; FUZZY DECISION SPACE; FUZZY-CONSTRAINT; INTERVAL-BASED; MATRIX; MINIMAX; MINIMAX REGRET; PROBABILISTIC DISTRIBUTION; RESOURCES ALLOCATION; RISK LEVELS; SOLUTION PROCESS;

FUZZY SETS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RANDOM VARIABLES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK PERCEPTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS;

WATER RESOURCES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; NUMERICAL METHOD; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOFTWARE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FUZZY SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PROBABILITY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; ROBUST INTERVAL BASED MINIMAX REGRET ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 71949130080     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2009.06.011     Document Type: Article

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