A GIS-based multi-criteria evaluation framework for uncertainty reduction in earthquake disaster management using granular computing

Geodesy and Cartography

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 58-68

  Khamespanah, Fatemeh ^a   Delavar, Mahmoud Reza ^a   Moradi, Milad ^a   Sheikhian, Hossein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dempster Shafer theory; Disaster management; Earthquake vulnerability assessment; GIS; Granular computing; Multi criteria decision making

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA PROCESSING; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; GIS; MATHEMATICAL THEORY; NUMERICAL METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84976597095     PISSN: 20296991     EISSN: 20297009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/20296991.2016.1199139     Document Type: Article

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