Multicriteria decision support for business continuity planning in the event of critical infrastructure disruptions

International Journal of Critical Infrastructures

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 156-174

  Merz, Mirjam ^a,b   Hiete, Michael ^a   Bertsch, Valentin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

BCP; Business continuity planning; Critical infrastructures; Industrial crisis management; MCDA; Multicriteria decision analysis; Supply disruptions

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; LOSSES; PUBLIC WORKS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; MCDA; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; SUPPLY DISRUPTION;

CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES;

EID: 59349084308     PISSN: 14753219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCIS.2009.022854     Document Type: Article

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