Development of a multi-criteria assessment model for ranking of renewable and non-renewable transportation fuel vehicles

Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 112-125

  Safaei Mohamadabadi, H ^a   Tichkowsky, G ^a   Kumar, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Decision support system; Multi criteria assessment; Transportation fuels

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIODIESEL; BIOFUELS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; ENERGY RESOURCES; ETHANOL; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; GASOLINE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; NATURAL GASOLINE; PERSONNEL; ROADS AND STREETS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COMPRESSED NATURAL GASSES; CRITERIA ASSESSMENTS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECONOMICAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FUEL COSTS; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; HYBRID VEHICLES; MULTI-CRITERIA ASSESSMENT; NUMBER OF VEHICLES; PREFERENCE RANKINGS; PROMETHEE; QUANTITATIVE CRITERIONS; REFUELING STATIONS; ROAD TRANSPORTATIONS; SELECTION OF THE BESTS; SELECTION PROBLEMS; SOCIAL FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION FUELS;

VEHICLES;

BIOFUEL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FUEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; NONRENEWABLE RESOURCE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; ROAD TRANSPORT;

EID: 57449098842     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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