Incorporating Linguistic, Probabilistic, and Possibilistic Information in a Risk-Based Approach for Ranking Contaminated Sites

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 711-724

  Zhang, Kejiang ^a   Achari, Gopal ^a   Pei, Yuansheng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Comparative risk assessment; Decision criteria; PROMETHEE; Site management; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUZZY LOGIC; LINGUISTICS; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNCERTAINTY;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FUZZY LOGIC; LINGUISTICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 79952118392     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.72     Document Type: Article

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