Towards a Multi-criteria Decision Making Method for Water Resources Planning Using Primitive Cognitive Network Process

Kevin Kam Fung Yuen

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-65960-7_9

Towards a Multi-criteria Decision Making Method for Water Resources Planning Using Primitive Cognitive Network Process

Kevin Kam Fung Yuen

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Abstract

Comprehensive water resources planning is an essential initiative activity due to the long-lasting impact on social, economic, and environmental aspects. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is one of the popular multi-criteria decision-making tools for the measurement in water resources planning. However, the AHP’s ratio scale is not appropriate to measure shortlisted candidates as it exaggerates the difference of paired objects. This paper proposes the Primitive Cognitive Network Process (PCNP) as a promising alternative to support decision making in water resources planning. To demonstrate the usability and applicability, an established case with the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to measure the profitable use of the storage reservoir is revisited by the PCNP. Comparison results are discussed. The PCNP can be integrated with the other methods to be applied to the other application domains in water resources management and planning.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Climate Change and Water Resources in Mediterranean Countries
Subtitle of host publication	Climate Change and Water Crisis
Editors	Hüseyin Gökçekuş, Youssef Kassem
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Pages	109-116
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031659607
ISBN (Print)	9783031659591
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65960-7_9
Publication status	Published - 2025
Externally published	Yes
Event	International Symposium On Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications, 2023 - Tampa, United States of America Duration: 19 Nov 2023 → 22 Nov 2023 Conference number: 26th https://wpmc-home.com/2023/06/

Publication series

Name	Environmental Earth Sciences
Publisher	Springer Nature
ISSN (Print)	2199-9155
ISSN (Electronic)	2199-9163

Conference

Conference	International Symposium On Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications, 2023
Abbreviated title	WPMC2023
Country/Territory	United States of America
City	Tampa
Period	19/11/23 → 22/11/23
Internet address	https://wpmc-home.com/2023/06/

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Yuen, K. K. F. (2025). Towards a Multi-criteria Decision Making Method for Water Resources Planning Using Primitive Cognitive Network Process. In H. Gökçekuş, & Y. Kassem (Eds.), Climate Change and Water Resources in Mediterranean Countries: Climate Change and Water Crisis (pp. 109-116). (Environmental Earth Sciences). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65960-7_9

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Yuen, KKF 2025, Towards a Multi-criteria Decision Making Method for Water Resources Planning Using Primitive Cognitive Network Process. in H Gökçekuş & Y Kassem (eds), Climate Change and Water Resources in Mediterranean Countries: Climate Change and Water Crisis. Environmental Earth Sciences, Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 109-116, International Symposium On Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications, 2023, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, 19/11/23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65960-7_9

Towards a Multi-criteria Decision Making Method for Water Resources Planning Using Primitive Cognitive Network Process. / Yuen, Kevin Kam Fung.
Climate Change and Water Resources in Mediterranean Countries: Climate Change and Water Crisis. ed. / Hüseyin Gökçekuş; Youssef Kassem. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2025. p. 109-116 (Environmental Earth Sciences).

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