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The paper presents a framework for sensitivity analysis (SA) in spatial multiple criteria evaluation (S-MCE). The framework focuses on three aspects of S-MCE: spatiality, scope, and cardinality. Spatiality stresses the importance of spatial criteria and spatial weights that should be explicitly considered in GIS-based MCE. Scope relates to the extent of SA, ranging from local one-at-a-time criterion examination to global testing of interdependencies among the multiple criteria model components. Cardinality addresses the duality of motivation for performing SA, namely, single-user learning and group consensus building. The framework organizes the existing SA techniques according to spatiality and scope and can be used as a conceptual guide in selecting SA techniques fitting a task at hand.
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Ligmann-Zielinska, A., Jankowski, P. (2008). A Framework for Sensitivity Analysis in Spatial Multiple Criteria Evaluation. In: Cova, T.J., Miller, H.J., Beard, K., Frank, A.U., Goodchild, M.F. (eds) Geographic Information Science. GIScience 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5266. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87473-7_14
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