Blending the analytic hierarchy process and fuzzy logical systems in scenic beauty assessment of check dams in streams

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 6983-6998

  Peng, Szu Hsien ^a   Tang, Chuan ^b  

^a CHIENKUO TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Check dam; Fuzzy logical system; Landscape assessment

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; BLENDING; DISASTERS; FUZZY LOGIC; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; LAND USE; RAIN;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); CHECK DAM; ENGINEERING DESIGNER; FUZZY LOGICAL; LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENTS; NATURAL DISASTERS; NATURAL LANDSCAPES; SCIENTIFIC METHOD;

DAMS;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COLOR; DAM; DELPHI ANALYSIS; ESTHETICS; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TEXTURE;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84953294875     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w7126670     Document Type: Article

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