A fuzzy multi-criteria swot analysis: An application to nuclear power plant site selection

International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 583-595

  Ekmekçioglu, Mehmet ^a   Can Kutlu, Ahmet ^b   Kahraman, Cengiz ^b  

^a FORD OTOSAN ^*  (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fuzzy AHP; Fuzzy SWOT; Fuzzy TOPSIS; Nuclear Power Plant; Site Selection

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS; FUZZY AHP; FUZZY SWOT; FUZZY TOPSIS; SWOT (STRENGTHS , WEAKNESSES , OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS) ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE FOR ORDER PREFERENCE BY SIMILARITY TO IDEAL SOLUTIONS;

SITE SELECTION;

EID: 80052180848     PISSN: 18756891     EISSN: 18756883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18756891.2011.9727814     Document Type: Article

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