A Group-based Spatial Decision Support System for Wind Farm Site Selection in Northwest Ohio
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-bgsu13204316902021-08-03T05:29:51Z A Group-based Spatial Decision Support System for Wind Farm Site Selection in Northwest Ohio Cathcart, Steven C. Alternative Energy Environmental Studies Geographic Information Science Spatial Decision Support Systems GIS Spatial Decision Making Wind Farm Site Selection This paper presents a spatial decision support system (SDSS) framework for evaluating the suitability for wind farm siting in Northwest Ohio. It is intended for regional planning but also for promoting group decision making that considers different participants in the development of decision alternatives. The framework integrates environmental and economic criteria and builds a hierarchy for wind farm siting using weighted linear combination (WLC) techniques and GIS functionality. The SDSS allows multiple participants to develop an understanding of the spatial data and to assign importance values to each factor. The WLC technique is used to combine the assigned values with map layers, which are standardized using fuzzy set theory, to produce individual suitability maps. The maps created by personal preferences from the participants are aggregated for producing a group solution using the Borda method. Sensitivity analysis is performed on the group solution to examine how small changes in the factor weights affect the calculated suitability scores. The results from the sensitivity analysis suggest that the economic objective is more sensitive than the environmental objective while population density and land use were the most sensitive factors. 2011-11-08 English text Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1320431690 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1320431690 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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A Group-based Spatial Decision Support System for Wind Farm Site Selection in Northwest Ohio |
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A Group-based Spatial Decision Support System for Wind Farm Site Selection in Northwest Ohio |
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A Group-based Spatial Decision Support System for Wind Farm Site Selection in Northwest Ohio |
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2011 |
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