TY - JOUR
T1 - Application of analytic hierarchy process in selecting a biological indicator for a river flow restoration
AU - Huang, Wei
AU - Yano, Shinichiro
AU - Zhang, Jianmin
AU - Wang, Yurong
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to express their best thanks to the two anonymous reviewers, their valuable comments help improve the quality of this manuscript. And the work was partially financed and supported by the Open Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, at Sichuan University, China .
PY - 2013/2
Y1 - 2013/2
N2 - Biological indicators play a vital role in monitoring and assessing river health and their selections are, consequently, directly related to the overall success of monitoring programs. In this study, we employed the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to select an appropriate indicator from several indicator candidates. The process was first to form a three level AHP model with four criteria and three indicator alternatives, and then to evaluate the indicator alternatives mathematically, and finally to obtain the most appropriate one with highest values. The use of the proposed model showed that it can be relatively easy to select the most desirable indicator from several candidates. Also, the selection process was performed mathematically which was somewhat transparent.
AB - Biological indicators play a vital role in monitoring and assessing river health and their selections are, consequently, directly related to the overall success of monitoring programs. In this study, we employed the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to select an appropriate indicator from several indicator candidates. The process was first to form a three level AHP model with four criteria and three indicator alternatives, and then to evaluate the indicator alternatives mathematically, and finally to obtain the most appropriate one with highest values. The use of the proposed model showed that it can be relatively easy to select the most desirable indicator from several candidates. Also, the selection process was performed mathematically which was somewhat transparent.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.09.017
DO - 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.09.017
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84867756211
VL - 25
SP - 180
EP - 183
JO - Ecological Indicators
JF - Ecological Indicators
SN - 1470-160X
ER -