A probabilistic decision-making approach for the sustainable assessment of infrastructures

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 7121-7131

  Gervasio H ^a   Simoes Da Silva L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

AHP; Bridges; Decision making; Life cycle analysis; PROMETHEE; Sustainability; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

AHP; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; CRITERION FUNCTIONS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE APPROACH; MULTICRITERIA DECISION; PROMETHEE; SUSTAINABLE ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTIES;

BRIDGES; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; LIFE CYCLE; RATING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84857655734     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2012.01.032     Document Type: Article

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