Multi-criteria applications in renewable energy analysis: A literature review

PICMET: Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Abu Taha, Rimal ^a  

^a Ministry of Education Saudi Arabia   (Saudi Arabia)

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APPLICATION AREA; COST EFFECTIVE; DECISION MAKERS; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; FLEXIBLE TOOL; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MULTI ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING; MULTI OBJECTIVE DECISION MAKING; MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING PROBLEMS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY FIELDS; SOURCES OF ENERGY;

DECISION THEORY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

DECISION MAKING;

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