Development of a multi-criteria decision support tool for energy wood supply management;Razvoj višekriterijskoga alata za pomoć pri odlučivanju kod upravljanja dobavom energijskoga drva

Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 181-198

  Kühmaier, Martin ^a   Stampfer, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bioenergy harvesting; Decision support; Energy wood; Forest management planning; Multiple purpose forestry; Supply management; Utility model

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; STABILITY CRITERIA; WOOD;

BIOENERGY HARVESTING; DECISION SUPPORTS; ENERGY WOOD; FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANNING; MULTICRITERIA DECISION SUPPORT; MULTIPLE-PURPOSE FORESTRY; SUPPLY MANAGEMENT; SUPPORT TOOL; UTILITY MODEL; WOOD SUPPLY;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

BIOENERGY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; FUELWOOD; HEAT PRODUCTION; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOFTWARE; STAKEHOLDER;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; ECOLOGY; ENERGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; PLANNING; STATISTICS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; WOOD;

EID: 84867450955     PISSN: 18455719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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