An analytic network process-based approach for location problems: The case of a new waste incinerator plant in the province of torino (Italy)

Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 63-84

  Bottero, Marta ^a   Ferretti, Valentina ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analytic Network Process; BOCR model; Decision making; Environmental indicators; Multicriteria Analysis; Waste management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865226596     PISSN: 10579214     EISSN: 10991360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mcda.456     Document Type: Article

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