Identifying preferred management options: An integrated agent-based recreational fishing simulation model with an AHP-TOPSIS evaluation method

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 249, Issue , 2013, Pages 75-83

  Gao, Lei ^a   Hailu, Atakelty ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agent based model; AHP; Decision support system; Integrated economic biophysical modeling; Multiple criteria decision making; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED; AGENT-BASED MODEL; AHP; BUSINESS-AS-USUAL; COMPLEX MANAGEMENT; CORAL REEF SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKERS; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EVALUATION MODELS; EVALUATION RESULTS; FUTURE RESPONSE; MANAGEMENT OPTIONS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MARINE PARK; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; RESOURCE MANAGERS; SCIENTIFIC TOOL; SIMULATION MODEL; SITE CLOSURE; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; STAKEHOLDER DIALOGUE; TECHNIQUE FOR ORDER PREFERENCE BY SIMILARITY TO IDEAL SOLUTIONS; TOPSIS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; REEFS;

FISHERIES;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FISHING EFFORT; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT; REEF; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SIMULATION; STAKEHOLDER; TRACKING;

AUSTRALIA; NINGALOO MARINE PARK; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84872131505     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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