Evaluation of energy crops for biogas production with a combination of simulation modeling and Dex-i multicriteria method

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 763-770

  Vindiš, Peter ^a   Stajnko, Denis ^a   Berk, Peter ^a   Lakota, Miran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

DEX i; Energy crops; Multicriteria decision analysis; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; HELIANTHUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84861125334     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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