Waste water treatment technology selection using FAHP and GRA approaches

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 392-413

  Ilangkumaran, M ^a   Sakthivel, G ^b   Sasirekha, V ^c  

^a K S RANGASAMY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c KSRangasamy College of Engineering and Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Fuzzy AHP; Hierarchy gra; MCDM; Multi criteria decision making; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

FUZZY AHP; FUZZY ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; GREY RELATION ANALYSES (GRA); HIERARCHY GRA; MCDM; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84920074546     PISSN: 14789876     EISSN: 14789868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEWM.2014.066594     Document Type: Article

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