Making sustainability rankings using compromise programming. An application to European paper industry

Silva Fennica

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 761-773

  Diaz Balteiro, Luis ^a   Voces, Roberto ^a   Romero, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Compromise programming; Indicators; Paper industry; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY;

COMPROMISE PROGRAMMING; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; EUROPEAN PAPER INDUSTRIES; FINLAND; INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS; PAPER INDUSTRIES;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST PRODUCT; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

COMPUTER PROGRAMING; INSTRUMENTS; PAPER INDUSTRY; PULP INDUSTRY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84455171613     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.103     Document Type: Article

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