A Novel Integrated Decision Support Tool for Sustainable Water Resources Management in Singapore: Synergies Between System Dynamics and Analytic Hierarchy Process

Water Resources Management

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1329-1350

  Xi, Xi ^a,b   Poh, Kim Leng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Decision support; NEWater; Seawater desalination; System dynamics; Underground reservoirs

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; CATCHMENTS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DESALINATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; GROUNDWATER; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEAWATER; SYSTEM THEORY; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); DECISION SUPPORTS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING METHODS; NEWATER; SEAWATER DESALINATION; SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; WATER RESOURCES SYSTEMS;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84925503013     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: 15731650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-014-0876-8     Document Type: Article

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