GIS and Multicriteria Decision Analysis

Jacek Malczewski

ISBN 10: 0471329444 / ISBN 13: 9780471329442

Published by John Wiley and Sons Inc, US, 1999

About this Item

From selecting sites for new hospitals, schools, and factories, to managing forests and rivers, to creating and maintaining highways and bridges, public and private organizations are often called on to make decisions on geographic questions that involve a multitude of alternatives and often conflicting evaluation criteria. This book presents a formal mechanism for dealing with these situations, capturing the information in a Geographic Information System and processing it to derive optimal recommendations for confronting these complex questions.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: GIS and Multicriteria Decision Analysis
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc, US
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471329444
• ISBN 13: 9780471329442
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 701 grams

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Synopsis

From selecting sites for new hospitals, schools, and factories, to managing forests and rivers, to creating and maintaining highways and bridges, public and private organizations are often called on to make decisions on geographic questions that involve a multitude of alternatives and often conflicting evaluation criteria. This book presents a formal mechanism for dealing with these situations, capturing the information in a Geographic Information System and processing it to derive optimal recommendations for confronting these complex questions.

About the Author

Jacek Malczewski is the author of GIS and Multicriteria Decision Analysis, published by Wiley.