Social multi-criteria evaluation: Methodological foundations and operational consequences

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 662-677

  Munda, Giuseppe ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Complexity theory; Economics; Environment; Ethics; Incommensurability; Multi criteria analysis; Post normal science; Social choice

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INVENTORY CONTROL; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUBLIC POLICY; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COMPLEXITY THEORY; ENVIRONMENT; ETHICS; INCOMMENSURABILITY; MULTI-CRITERIA ANALYSIS; POST-NORMAL SCIENCE; SOCIAL CHOICE;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 2942566393     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(03)00369-2     Document Type: Article

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