Fuzzy measurement of sustainability

Fuzzy Measurement of Sustainability

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-171

  Phillis, Yannis A ^a   Kouikoglou, Vassilis S ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

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