Fuzzy TOPSIS Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Applied to Karun Reservoirs System

Water Resources Management

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 545-563

  Afshar, Amin ^a   Mariño, Miguel A ^a   Saadatpour, Motahareh ^b   Afshar, Abbas ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fuzzy; Karun river basin; MCDM; TOPSIS; Uncertainty; Water resources

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

FUZZY; KARUN RIVERS; MCDM; TOPSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

DECISION MAKING;

DECISION ANALYSIS; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78751572704     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-010-9713-x     Document Type: Article

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