Title :
The management evaluation of animal welfare based on Triangular Fuzzy Number Analytic Hierarchy Process
Author :
Zhao, Ying-Jie ; Jia, Jing-Bo ; Wu, Sha-Sha ; Yang, Yong ; Xie, Pei-Yan ; Zhai, Ming-Lu
Author_Institution :
Northeast Forestry Univ., Harbin, China
Abstract :
This paper, based on the forty-three indicators of animal physiology welfare, including environmental welfare, health welfare, mental welfare and behavioral welfare , totally five aspects as the subject, established the evaluation model of animal welfare management in zoos, and used triangular fuzzy number analytic hierarchy process to draw the weights of various evaluation factors, the results indicates that physical welfare, environmental welfare, health welfare, mental welfare and behavioral welfare in the respective weights are 0.251,0.222,0.179,0.182,0.166; Through the applicated evaluation of the welfare in Heilongjiang Northeast Tiger Animals Garden, it indicates that Heilongjiang Northeast Tiger Garden of animal welfare is in good conditions and is in line with the actual situation, which illustrates this method can be used in evaluation of zoo animal welfare management.
Keywords :
behavioural sciences; decision making; decision theory; environmental factors; fuzzy set theory; health care; number theory; physiology; public administration; zoology; Heilongjiang Northeast Tiger Animals Garden; analytic hierarchy process; behavioral welfare; environmental welfare; health welfare; mental welfare; triangular fuzzy number; zoo animal physiology welfare management; Animals; Area measurement; Biomedical monitoring; Conference management; Engineering management; Environmental management; Fuzzy systems; Pain; Psychology; Size measurement; AHP; animal welfare; management evaluation; triangular fuzzy number; weight;
Conference_Titel :
Management Science and Engineering, 2009. ICMSE 2009. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Moscow
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3970-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3971-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICMSE.2009.5317616
