Multi-criteria decision making support tool for freight integrators: Selecting the most sustainable alternative

Transport

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-97

  Simongáti, Gyó́zó́ ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Assessment of alternatives; Freight integrator; Multi criteria decision making methods; Sustainable development; Sustainable transport

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; PLANNING; SHIPS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION;

ASSESSMENT OF ALTERNATIVES; DECISION MAKING CRITERIA; ECONOMIC EFFECTIVENESS; FREIGHT INTEGRATOR; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING METHODS; SUSTAINABLE PERFORMANCE; SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

EID: 77950507416     PISSN: 16484142     EISSN: 16483480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/transport.2010.12     Document Type: Article

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