Simulation of impacts of irrigated agriculture on income, employment and environment

Operational Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 251-266

  Manos, Basil ^a   Papathanasiou, J ^b   Bournaris, T ^a   Paparrizou, A ^a   Arabatzis, G ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^c DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Mathematical programming; Multicriteria analysis; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350221779     PISSN: 11092858     EISSN: 18661505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12351-008-0030-6     Document Type: Article

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