Developing perceived quality of life indices : An application of ordered weighted average operators

Studies in Regional Science

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 553-572

  Chhetri, Prem ^a   Akbar, Delwar ^b   Stimson, Robert J ^b   Western, John ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

GIS; Ordered Weighted Average Operators; Quality of Life; Spatial Analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006124537     PISSN: 02876256     EISSN: 18806465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2457/srs.37.553     Document Type: Article

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