Decision making with uncertainty: An example of water treatment approach selection

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-165

  Chowdhury, Shakhawat ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Fuzzy aggregation; Fuzzy priority matrix; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DECISION MAKERS; DECISION MAKING WITH UNCERTAINTY; EIGENVECTOR METHODS; ELIMINATION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING; EXPERT JUDGMENT; FUZZY AGGREGATION; FUZZY ASSESSMENTS; FUZZY MEMBERSHIP FUNCTION; FUZZY MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKINGS; HIERARCHICAL AGGREGATION; HIERARCHY STRUCTURE; MAX-MIN; PAIR-WISE COMPARISON; PRIORITY ASSIGNMENT; TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES; UNCERTAINTY;

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FUZZY SETS;

DECISION MAKING;

DECISION MAKING; DRINKING WATER; EIGENVALUE; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84867069239     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrjc.2012.107     Document Type: Article

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