Fuzzy MCDM approach for selecting the best environment-watershed plan

Applied Soft Computing Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 265-275

  Chen, Vivien Y C ^a   Lien, Hui Pang ^b   Liu, Chui Hua ^c   Liou, James J H ^c   Tzeng, Gwo Hshiung ^c,d   Yang, Lung Shih ^b  

^a Taiwan Hospitality and Tourism College   (Taiwan)

^b FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Environment watershed plan; Fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP); Fuzzy multiple criteria decision making (FMCDM); Fuzzy theory; Tourism; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

FUZZY ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; FUZZY THEORY; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; TOURISM; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED PLANS;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; LINGUISTICS; SOIL CONSERVATION; URBAN PLANNING; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 77957922739     PISSN: 15684946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2009.11.017     Document Type: Article

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