Some thoughts on weighting in participatory decision making and e-democracy

International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 178-189

  Geldermann, Jutta ^a,b   Ludwig, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b French German Institute for Environmental Research (DFIU/IFARE)   (Germany)

Author keywords

E democracy; Local referendum; PROMETHEE; Voting; Weighting

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EXCHANGE; URBAN PLANNING; WEB SERVICES;

E-DEMOCRACY; LOCAL REFERENDUM; PROMETHEE; VOTING; WEIGHTING;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 34548103837     PISSN: 14684322     EISSN: 17415292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTPM.2007.014536     Document Type: Article

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