Evaluation of management alternatives for urban water supply system using Multicriteria Decision Analysis

Journal of King Saud University - Engineering Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-24

  Okeola, O G ^a   Sule, B F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP); Multicriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA); Stakeholder preference modeling; Urban water supply

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); DECISION MAKING PROCESS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; PREFERENCE MODELING; SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS; URBAN WATER SUPPLY; URBAN WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 85011975069     PISSN: 10183639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jksues.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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