Multicriteria decision making in electricity demand management: The case of Kuwait

International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 423-442

  Hajeeh, Mohammed ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

AHP; Analytical hierarchy process; Conservation policies; Electricity consumption; Electricity demand; Multicriteria decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952047828     PISSN: 17442370     EISSN: 17442389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2010.032917     Document Type: Article

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