Multicriteria Decision Analysis: Overview and Implications for Environmental Decision Making

Advances in the Economics of Environmental Resources

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 213-228

  Hermans, Caroline M ^a   Erickson, Jon D ^a  

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EID: 34247326002     PISSN: 15693740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-3740(07)07010-1     Document Type: Review

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