Exploring multi-criteria decision strategies in GIS with linguistic quantifiers: An extension of the analytical network process using ordered weighted averaging operators

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2455-2482

  Eldrandaly, Khalid A ^a  

^a ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

ANP; GIS; multi criteria evaluation; OWA

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GIS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84887049210     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2013.815356     Document Type: Article

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