PROMETHEE with Precedence Order in the Criteria (PPOC) as a New Group Decision Making Aid: An Application in Urban Water Supply Management

Water Resources Management

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3581-3599

  Roozbahani, Abbas ^a   Zahraie, Banafsheh ^a   Tabesh, Massoud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Group decision making; MCDM; PPOC; PROMETHEE; Urban water supply systems

Indexed keywords

GROUP DECISION MAKING; MCDM; PPOC; PROMETHEE; URBAN WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM;

WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

DECISION MAKING;

DECISION MAKING; URBAN PLANNING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84865477353     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-012-0091-4     Document Type: Article

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