GIS and Multicriteria Decision Analysis

GIS and Multicriteria Decision Analysis
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 414
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ISBN-10 : 0471329444
ISBN-13 : 9780471329442
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Book Synopsis GIS and Multicriteria Decision Analysis by : Jacek Malczewski

Download or read book GIS and Multicriteria Decision Analysis written by Jacek Malczewski and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1999-04-05 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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