Ecological viability assessment: A fuzzy multiple-attribute analysis with respect to three classes of ordering techniques

Assessment of ecosystem viability is an important requirement for conservation planning. Valuable ecosystems, which are less viable against external non-natural pressures, deserve more protection. Such an assessment is a multiple attribute analysis process due to involvement of several decision criteria. The problem in such a process is the fact that the required information is not always precisely defined. In addition, the interactions of an …