Multicriteria decision analysis applied to the design of light-frame wood wall assemblies

Journal of Building Performance Simulation

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-52

  Frenette, Caroline D ^a   Beauregard, Robert ^a   Abi Zeid, Iréne ^a   Derome, Dominique ^b   Salenikovich, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ELECTRE; Integrated design; MACBETH; MCDA; Multicriteria decision analysis; Prefabrication; PROMETHEE; Residential construction; Weighted sum

Indexed keywords

ELECTRE; INTEGRATED DESIGNS; MACBETH; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; PROMETHEE; RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION; WEIGHTED SUM;

BUILDING CODES; DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 77951614433     PISSN: 19401493     EISSN: 19401507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19401490903395133     Document Type: Article

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