FUZZY COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT, FUZZY CLUSTERING ANALYSIS AND ITS APPLICATION FOR URBAN TRAFFIC ENVIRONMENT QUALITY EVALUATION

This paper considers traffic environment quality assessment methods in the context of their application as part of the Anshan City's Compreh ensive Transportation Planning Project. In particular, it involves app lying multistage fuzzy comprehensive assessment and fuzzy clustering a nalysis. The study proceeds by initially setting up an assessment syst em and then moves on to establishing and determining assessment criter ia, formulae for the subordination function, allocating weights and mo deling and program design. Finally, the theoretical framework is explo red in a case study context. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.