Fuzzy outranking for environmental assessment. Case study: Iron and steel making industry

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-65

  Geldermann, Jutta ^a   Spengler, Thomas ^b   Rentz, Otto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; LIFE CYCLE;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MULTICRITERIA DECISION MAKING (MCM);

FUZZY SETS;

EID: 0034301352     PISSN: 01650114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0114(99)00021-4     Document Type: Article

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