Table 5 Characteristics of each layer class in the Dumpster Schafer method.

From: Determination of the optimal location for constructing solar photovoltaic farms based on multi-criteria decision system and Dempster–Shafer theory

layer

category

number of pixels

pixel of solar farms

m(Tp)

M \((\overline{Tp})\)

m(θ)

Distance to a power transmission line (km)

<5

47894

3105

0.006

0.179

0.815

5–10

43797

37296

0.577

0.074

0.349

10–15

37476

29167

0.417

0.092

0.491

15–20

31485

851

0.004

0.172

0.824

20–50

122897

0

0.000

0.310

0.690

>50

28885

0

0.000

0.173

0.827

Distance to residential areas (km)

<10

312235

70416

1.000

0.050

−0.050

10–15

199

0

0.000

0.950

0.050

Distance to major roads (km)

<5

208769

40268

0.090

0.436

0.475

5–10

87034

28644

0.441

0.242

0.317

>10

16631

1507

0.469

0.323

0.208

land use

Agriculture

37677.92

9021.109

0.002

0.127

0.871

bare land

7249.68

0

0.000

0.132

0.868

range land

220315.4

54883.14

0.000

0.089

0.910

salt land

6228.599

0

0.000

0.132

0.868

garden

229.7434

120.1631

0.986

0.128

−0.114

forest

26820.41

6266.233

0.002

0.128

0.870

rock

12142.36

0

0.000

0.135

0.865

urban

1769.875

128.3561

0.009

0.129

0.862

Number of dusty days

>40

312434

70419

1.000

0.000

0.000

<40

0

0

0.000

1.000

0.000

Number of cloudy days

>30

0

0

0.000

1.000

0.000

<30

312434

70419

1.000

0.000

0.000

Relative humidity (%)

<30

0

0

0.000

0.416

0.584

30–40

312253

70400

0.001

0.168

0.831

>40

181

19

0.999

0.416

−0.415

Air temperature (°C)

>24

0

0

0.000

1.000

0.000

<24

312434

70419

1.000

0.000

0.000

solar radiation

>1900

312434

70419

1.000

0.000

0.000

<1900

0

0

0.000

1.000

0.000

Land slope (degree)

<1

24551

4426

0.499

0.331

0.169

1–20

238544

52286

0.066

0.362

0.572

>20

49339

13712

0.435

0.306

0.259

Land elevation (m)

<1200

0

0

0.000

0.264

0.736

1200–2000

204959

55453

0.324

0.147

0.529

2000–2500

94608

14675

0.348

0.312

0.340

>2500

12873

296

0.328

0.277

0.395