Seva: A non-linear mathematical framework for climate change vulnerability assessment

Proceedings - 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, MODSIM 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 2276-2282

  Tonmoy, F N ^a   El Zein, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Climate change; Mathematical framework; Nonlinear; Outranking; Vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CLIMATE MODELS; DECISION THEORY; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; SEA LEVEL;

ENVIRONMENTAL VULNERABILITY; MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORKS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; MULTIATTRIBUTE UTILITY THEORY; NONLINEAR; OUTRANKING; SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84907503845     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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