Developing utility functions for environmental decision making

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 387-411

  Accorsi, R ^a   Zio, E ^a,b   Apostolakis, G E ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RADIATION DECONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING; UTILITY FUNCTIONS;

NUCLEAR INDUSTRY;

EID: 0032678159     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-1970(98)00019-5     Document Type: Article

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