Sustainability indicator of renewable energy system based on fuzzy multi-criteria decision making methods

Advanced Materials Research

Volumn 361-363, Issue , 2012, Pages 1263-1273

  Liu, Gang ^a   Rasul, M G ^a   Amanullah, M T O ^a   Khan, M M K ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fuzzy AHP; Fuzzy multi criteria decision making; Renewable energy system; Sustainability indicator

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; FUZZY AHP; FUZZY ANALYTIC HIERARCHY; FUZZY COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; FUZZY DECISION MAKING; FUZZY MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKINGS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS; SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY; SOLAR PVS; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATOR; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS;

DECISION MAKING; FUZZY SET THEORY; PLANNING; RATING; SOLAR ENERGY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 80555134692     PISSN: 10226680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.361-363.1263     Document Type: Conference Paper

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