Development of a web-based multi-criteria spatial decision support system for the assessment of environmental sustainability of dairy farms

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 108, Issue , 2014, Pages 46-57

  Silva, Sandra ^a,b   Alçada Almeida, Luís ^b,c   Dias, Luís C ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE VIANA DO CASTELO   (Portugal)

^b INESC COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

ELECTRE TRI; Geographic Information Systems; Multicriteria Decision Aid; Spatial Decision Support Systems; Sustainability analysis; Web MCDA Algorithm Server

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FARMS; MACROS; VISUAL BASIC; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ELECTRE TRI; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION AIDS; MULTI-CRITERIA SPATIAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; SPATIAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS; VISUAL BASIC FOR APPLICATIONS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DAIRY FARMING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; GIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOFTWARE; SUSTAINABILITY; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; ALGORITHM; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ENTRE-DOURO-E-MINHO; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84904891643     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2014.06.009     Document Type: Article

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