OWA analysis for ecological capability assessment in watersheds

International Journal of Environmental Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 241-254

  Amiri, M J ^a   Mahiny, A S ^b   Hosseini, S M ^c   Jalali, S Gh ^c   Ezadkhasty, Z ^c   Karami, Sh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resource   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

AHP; Ecology; Evaluation; Fuzzy logic

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GIS; SATELLITE DATA; STANDARDIZATION; TRADE-OFF; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

EID: 84880684485     PISSN: 17356865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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