Selection of remedial alternatives for mine sites: A multicriteria decision analysis approach

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 119, Issue , 2013, Pages 36-46

  Betrie, Getnet D ^a   Sadiq, Rehan ^a   Morin, Kevin A ^b   Tesfamariam, Solomon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Minesite Drainage Assessment Group   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mine sites; Multicriteria decision analysis; Probabilistic PROMETHEE; PROMETHEE; Remedial alternatives

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SITE SELECTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS APPROACH; CRITERIA WEIGHTS; EVALUATION METHODS; MINE SITE; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; PREFERENCE RANKING ORGANISATION METHOD FOR ENRICHMENT EVALUATIONS; PROBABILISTIC PREFERENCE RANKING ORGANIZATION METHOD FOR ENRICHMENT EVALUATION; PROBABILISTICS; REMEDIAL ALTERNATIVE;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION ANALYSIS; MINE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MINING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTICRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84874418741     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.01.024     Document Type: Article

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