Possibilities of application of multicriteria decision making for the selection of irrigation systems

Metalurgia International

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 151-156

  Prvulovic, Slavica ^a   Tolmac, Dragisa ^a   Nikolic, Djordje ^b   Matic, Marija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Alternatives; Criteria; Irrigation systems; Promethee gaia method

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858609063     PISSN: 15822214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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