Multicriteria decision making applied to waste recycling in Brazil

Omega

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 395-404

  Gomes, Carlos F Simões ^a   Nunes, Kátia R A ^b   Helena Xavier, Lucia ^c   Cardoso, Rosangela ^c   Valle, Rogerio ^b  

^a IBMEC Business School   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Decision support system; Environmental studies; Multicriteria; Product life cycle

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEMOLITION; LIFE CYCLE; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

DECISION MAKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING TECHNIQUE; MULTICRITERIA DECISION-MAKING; PROBLEM-SOLVING; PRODUCT LIFE CYCLES; UNCERTAINTY; WASTES RECYCLING;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 34247626880     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2006.07.009     Document Type: Article

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