A multicriteria spatial decision support system for solving emergency service station location problems

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1187-1213

  Esmaelian, Majid ^a   Tavana, Madjid ^b,c   Santos Arteaga, Francisco J ^d   Mohammadi, Sommayeh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^b LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

earthquake; emergency service station; geographical information systems; location planning; Multicriteria Spatial Decision Support System; PROMETHEE

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GIS; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD; SERVICE PROVISION; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL PLANNING;

IRAN; TEHRAN [IRAN];

EID: 84938424299     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2015.1025790     Document Type: Article

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