Robust discrimination between uncertain management alternatives by iterative reflection on crossover point scenarios: Principles, design and implementations

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 83, Issue , 2016, Pages 326-343

  Guillaume, Joseph H A ^a,b   Arshad, Muhammad ^b   Jakeman, Anthony J ^b   Jalava, Mika ^a   Kummu, Matti ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crossover points; Fuzzy set theory; Robustness; Scenario analysis; Uncertainty; Vulnerability analysis

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FUZZY SET THEORY; ITERATIVE METHODS; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

CROSSOVER POINTS; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGES; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY; VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS; WATER FOOTPRINT; WEB INTERFACE;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AQUIFER; ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE; COMPLEXITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GENETIC ALGORITHM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY; WATER FOOTPRINT;

EID: 84975882674     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.04.005     Document Type: Article

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