Hierarchical analytic network process and its application in environmental impact evaluation

Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-18

  Liu, Kevin F R ^a   Hsu, Ching Yu ^b   Yeh, Ken ^c   Chen, Cheng Wu ^d  

^a MING CHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c DE LIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d SHU TE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Environmental impact evaluation; Hierarchical analytic network process; Multiple criteria analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC NETWORK PROCESS; COMPLEX DECISION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT EVALUATION; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; HIGH SPEED RAIL; MULTIPLE CRITERIA ANALYSIS; REAL-WORLD; SUBJECTIVE JUDGEMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DECISION MAKING; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; COMPLEXITY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650298729     PISSN: 10286608     EISSN: 10290249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10286600903215078     Document Type: Article

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