The spatial framework for weight sensitivity analysis in AHP-based multi-criteria decision making

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 129-140

  Chen, Yun ^a,b   Yu, Jia ^b,c   Khan, Shahbaz ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c East China Normal University   (China)

^d UNESCO Regional Science Bureau for Asia and the Pacific   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

ArcGIS; MCDM; OAT; Pairwise comparison matrix; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARCGIS; MCDM; OAT; PAIRWISE COMPARISON MATRICES; UNCERTAINTY;

DECISION MAKING;

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

DECISION MAKING; MATRIX; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION; WEIGHT;

EID: 84880629311     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2013.06.010     Document Type: Article

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