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Weighting Methods and their Effects on Multi-Criteria Decision Making Model Outcomes in Water Resources Management

  • Presents a thorough review of multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methods
  • Deals extensively with MCDM applications in water resources and hydrology
  • Provides a systematic way of how to make better decisions in water resources management
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology (BRIEFSWATER)

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Introduction

    • Noorul Hassan Zardari, Kamal Ahmed, Sharif Moniruzzaman Shirazi, Zulkifli Bin Yusop
    Pages 1-5
  3. Literature Review

    • Noorul Hassan Zardari, Kamal Ahmed, Sharif Moniruzzaman Shirazi, Zulkifli Bin Yusop
    Pages 7-67
  4. Research Methodology and Results

    • Noorul Hassan Zardari, Kamal Ahmed, Sharif Moniruzzaman Shirazi, Zulkifli Bin Yusop
    Pages 69-100
  5. Conclusions and Recommendations

    • Noorul Hassan Zardari, Kamal Ahmed, Sharif Moniruzzaman Shirazi, Zulkifli Bin Yusop
    Pages 101-105
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 107-166

About this book

This book provides a systematic way of how to make better decisions in water resources management. The applications of three weighting methods namely rating, ranking, and ratio are discussed in this book. Additionally, data mining on keywords is presented using three popular scholarly databases: Science Direct, Scopus, and SciVerse. Four abbreviated keywords (MCDM, MCDA, MCA, MADM) representing multi-criteria decision-making were used and these three databases were searched for different popular weighting methods for a period of 13 years (2000-2012). The book provides also a review of weighting methods applied in various multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods and also presents survey results on priority ranking of watershed management criteria undertaken by 30 undergraduate and postgraduate students from the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Environmental and Water Resources Management (IPASA), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia

    Noorul Hassan Zardari, Sharif Moniruzzaman Shirazi

  • Department of Hydraulic and Hydrology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia

    Kamal Ahmed

  • Water Research Alliance, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia

    Zulkifli Bin Yusop

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eBook USD 49.99
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Softcover Book USD 64.99
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