Multicriteria spatial allocation of educational resources: An overview

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 219-235

  Malczewski, Jacek ^a   Jackson, Marlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION POLICY; PLANNING METHOD; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034095729     PISSN: 00380121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0121(99)00025-7     Document Type: Article

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