Ranking management strategies with complex outcomes: An AHP-fuzzy evaluation of recreational fishing using an integrated agent-based model of a coral reef ecosystem

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 31, Issue , 2012, Pages 3-18

  Gao, Lei ^a   Hailu, Atakelty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agent based model; AHP; Area closure; Decision support system; Fuzzy evaluation; Multiple criteria decision making; Non market valuation; Random utility model; Recreational fishing

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED MODEL; AHP; AREA CLOSURE; DECISION SUPPORTS; FUZZY EVALUATION; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; NON-MARKET VALUATION; RANDOM UTILITY MODEL;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEMS; FISHERIES; FUZZY SET THEORY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MANAGERS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REEFS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING;

ANGLING; CORAL REEF; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARINE PARK; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; VALUATION;

AUSTRALIA; NINGALOO MARINE PARK; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84856380754     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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