An agricultural investment map based on geographic information system and multi-criteria method

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1596-1602

  ElSheikh, R F A ^a   Ahmad, N ^b   Shariff, A R M ^b   Balasundram, S K ^b   Yahaya, S ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; GIS; Investment; Multi criteria; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; INVESTMENTS; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS METHOD; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTI-CRITERIA METHOD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 77954781080     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2010.1596.1602     Document Type: Article

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