Fuzzy decision support methodology for sustainable energy crop selection

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue , 2013, Pages 83-93

  Balezentiene, Ligita ^a   Streimikiene, Dalia ^b   Balezentis, Tomas ^c  

^a VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b MYKOLAS ROMERIS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Biomass production; Energy crop mix; Fuzzy logics; Multi criteria decision making; Sustainable energy

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; ENERGY CROPS; ENERGY SOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES; FUZZY DECISION; IMPRECISE INFORMATION; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; NUMERIC INDICATORS; PRIORITIZATION; SET COVERINGS; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY POLICY; UNCERTAIN DATAS;

DATA FUSION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY POLICY; FUZZY LOGIC; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CROPS;

EID: 84867423961     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.09.016     Document Type: Review

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