Application of multicriteria decision analysis with a priori knowledge to identify optimal nonpoint source pollution control plans

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Ahmadi, Mehdi ^a,b   Arabi, Mazdak ^b   Fontane, Darrell G ^b   Engel, Bernard A ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation practices; Multi criteria decision analysis; Multiobjective optimization; Nonpoint source pollutions; Soil and water assessment tool (SWAT)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; ITERATIVE METHODS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; SOIL CONSERVATION; STRUCTURAL LOADS; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL NONPOINT SOURCES; AUTOMATED OPTIMIZATION; CONSERVATION PRACTICES; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; NEAR-OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION CONTROL; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL;

POLLUTION CONTROL;

DECISION ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING METHOD; POLLUTION CONTROL; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

EAGLE CREEK [INDIANA]; INDIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921476479     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: 19435452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000455     Document Type: Article

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