An STEEP-fuzzy AHP-TOPSIS framework for evaluation and selection of thermal power plant location: A case study from India

Energy

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 510-521

  Choudhary, Devendra ^a   Shankar, Ravi ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Fuzzy AHP; India; Location selection; Multi criteria decision making; Thermal power plant; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

FUZZY AHP; INDIA; LOCATION SELECTION; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; TOPSIS;

LOCATION;

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; POWER PLANT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMAL POWER;

INDIA;

EID: 84860837971     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.03.010     Document Type: Article

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