Use of the equivalent attribute technique in multi-criteria planning of local energy systems

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1075-1083

  Løken, Espen ^a   Botterud, Audun ^b   Holen, Arne T ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Environmental   (United States)

Author keywords

Equivalent attribute technique; Local energy planning; Multi attribute utility theory; Multiple criteria analysis; OR in energy

Indexed keywords

OPERATING ROOMS;

EQUIVALENT ATTRIBUTE TECHNIQUE; LOCAL ENERGY-PLANNING; MULTI-ATTRIBUTE UTILITY THEORY; MULTIPLE CRITERIA ANALYSIS; OR IN ENERGY;

EQUIVALENCE CLASSES;

EID: 61849097223     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.12.050     Document Type: Article

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