An application of reference point techniques to the calculation of synthetic sustainability indicators

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 189-197

  Ruiz, F ^a   Cabello, J M ^a   Luque, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

multicriteria analysis; reference point techniques; reservation aspiration; sustainability; synthetic indicators

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; MULTICRITERIA TECHNIQUES; REFERENCE POINTS; RESERVATION-ASPIRATION; SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL; STRONG SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; SYNTHETIC INDICATORS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 78649964388     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2009.187     Document Type: Article

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