Preference elicitation and sensitivity analysis in multicriteria group decision support for industrial risk and emergency management

International Journal of Emergency Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 7-24

  Bertsch, Valentin ^a   Geldermann, Jutta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Group decision making; Industrial risk management; Multicriteria decision support; Nuclear emergency and remediation management; Preference elicitation; Preferential uncertainties; Stakeholder involvement

Indexed keywords

CIVIL DEFENSE; CONCRETE PAVEMENTS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; DISASTERS; NUCLEAR FUELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GROUP DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL RISKS; MULTICRITERIA DECISION SUPPORT; NUCLEAR EMERGENCIES; PREFERENCE ELICITATION; PREFERENTIAL UNCERTAINTIES; STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT;

DECISION MAKING;

ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EUROPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EXPERT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WORKSHOP;

EID: 50449087931     PISSN: 14714825     EISSN: 17415071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEM.2008.019905     Document Type: Article

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