A comparison of multiple criteria analysis techniques for water resource management

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 255-265

  Hajkowicz, Stefan ^a   Higgins, Andrew ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Multiple criteria analysis; Water resource management

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; WATER RESOURCES;

DECISION PROBLEM; MULTIPLE CRITERIA ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 34548403344     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.10.045     Document Type: Article

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