Multicriteria analysis for agricultural resource management: A critical survey and future perspectives

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 486-500

  Hayashi, Kiyotada ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOHOKU REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL RESOURCES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; VALUE ENGINEERING;

MULTIATTRIBUTE VALUE FUNCTIONS; MULTIOBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0033896308     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(99)00249-0     Document Type: Article

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