Use of multicriteria decision analysis to support weight of evidence evaluation

Risk Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1211-1225

  Linkov, Igor ^a   Welle, Paul ^a   Loney, Drew ^a   Tkachuk, Alex ^a   Canis, Laure ^a   Kim, J B ^a   Bridges, Todd ^a  

^a U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CERCLA; Decision analysis; Ecological risk assessment; Sediment management; Weight of evidence

Indexed keywords

CERCLA; DECISION MAKERS; ECOLOGICAL RECEPTORS; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; INTEGRATED RISKS; KEY COMPONENT; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT; WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; ECOLOGY; HEALTH RISKS; RATING;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

DECISION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH RISK; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; POLLUTION EFFECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUPPORT STRUCTURE; TRANSPARENCY; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; EVALUATION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 80051669973     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2011.01585.x     Document Type: Article

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