The phrase "as a complementary alternative" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing options or solutions that enhance or support each other in a given context.
Example: "In our approach to sustainability, we view renewable energy sources as a complementary alternative to traditional fossil fuels."
Alternatives: "as a supportive option" or "as an additional choice".
Besides, we have performed social network analysis as a complementary alternative method.
Recently, RO is introduced as a complementary alternative to sensitivity analysis and SP. Indeed, RO, while not without limitations, has some pros over stochastic LP and it is more generally applicable.
As a complementary alternative we try to analyze whether an endogenous promoter may be regulated by estradiol in a similar fashion as Wnt3a.
Taken together, we showed that the new sensor with blue fluorescence is suited for multiparameter fluorescence imaging [23], [24] and has a potential as a complementary alternative to the cpGFP-based sensor for wide applications because of its high pH stability.
Results indicate that TCM might be used as a complementary and alternative approach to the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease.
Since albumin depletion by HIC was incomplete, it should be further optimized for its use as a complementary or alternative method to IA.
A widely used herbal extract formulation (Essiac®) has been commercially produced and it is widely used as a complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) by some cancer patients and survivors (Kulp et al., 2006).
This method offers a simple, fast, and low-cost approach to classifying soils into four swelling classes based on comparison with the methylene blue test, and it could be used as a complementary or alternative method to traditional geotechnical analysis.
The American Cancer Society recognizes humor therapy (also known as laugh therapy) as a complementary and alternative treatment for cancer.
24 It was also suggested by the China Association for the Study Pain (CASP) as a complementary and alternative treatment for migraine.
Health insurance as a complementary or alternative source of health care financing has become important in the developing world [ 1].
