A fuzzy multicriteria benefit-cost approach for irrigation projects evaluation

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1409-1416

  Anagnostopoulos, K P ^a   Petalas, C ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Decision making; Fuzzy sets; Linguistic variables; Water resources planning

Indexed keywords

BENEFIT COST RATIOS; BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS; COSTS AND BENEFITS; DECISION MODELS; DECISION PROBLEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS; IRRIGATION PROJECTS; LINGUISTIC VARIABLES; MULTI-CRITERIA; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; TWO-HIERARCHY; WATER RESOURCES PLANNING;

AVAILABILITY; COST ACCOUNTING; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY SETS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; IRRIGATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

GREECE; MACEDONIA [GREECE]; THRACE;

EID: 79959675044     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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