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Multicriteria Analysis: Applications to Water and Environment Management

By Ferenc Szidarovszky (auth.) , Mahdi Zarghami

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2011
ISBN
3642179363, 9783642179365
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-17937-2
Google Books ID
OuStr-JTy2QC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
855 kB (875404 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
159\172
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40
Management Science; Civil Engineering; Computer ApOperations Research

Description

Multicriteria analysis is one of the most important fields of decision science. This book gives an outline of the formulation of an appropriate model and presents a comprehensive summary of the most popular methods for solving multicriteria decision problems. In addition to the classical approach the book introduces fuzzy and stochastic methodology, models with uncertainty, social choice and conflict resolution. All methods are illustrated with easy to follow simple examples. At the end of each chapter detailed case studies are given in water and environment management including inter-basin water transfer, urban water management, water allocation, groundwater quality management, forest treatment, ranking water resources projects, reservoir planning, water distribution network design and long-term watershed management. The new methodology and the wide variety of case studies are not easily accessible elsewhere.

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