Domestic petroleum-related expertise utilization and Nigeria's oil industry survival: A multicriteria decision analysis

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 457-473

  Kalu, Timothy Ch U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Energy; Expertise utilization; Goal programming; Government; Nigeria; Public policy

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PUBLIC POLICY;

GOAL PROGRAMMING; MULTICRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0032210013     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(98)00087-3     Document Type: Article

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