Spatially-explicit integrated uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of criteria weights in multicriteria land suitability evaluation

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 57, Issue , 2014, Pages 235-247

  Ligmann Zielinska, Arika ^a   Jankowski, Piotr ^b,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

GIS; Land suitability; Sensitivity; Spatial multicriteria evaluation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

HABITAT SUITABILITY; INTEGRATED UNCERTAINTIES; LAND SUITABILITY; MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY; UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VARIANCE-BASED SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

GIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WETLAND;

EID: 84901494416     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.03.007     Document Type: Article

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