Safety assessment of shipping routes in the South China Sea based on the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process

Safety Science

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 46-57

  Wang, Jiasheng ^a   Li, Manchun ^a   Liu, Yongxue ^a   Zhang, Hexia ^a   Zou, Wei ^a   Cheng, Liang ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

FAHP; GIS; Safety assessment; Shipping routes; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

FAHP; FUZZY ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE; NAVIGATION ENVIRONMENT; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; SHIPPING ROUTES; SOUTH CHINA SEA; VOLUNTARY OBSERVING SHIPS;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NAVIGATION; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

SHIPS;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUZZY ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; FUZZY SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC NAMES; HUMAN; NAVIGATION ENVIRONMENT RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHIPPING; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPRING; SUMMER; VALIDATION STUDY; WINTER;

EID: 84883218855     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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