Evaluating deep uncertainties in strategic priority-setting with an application to facility energy investments

Systems Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 483-493

  Karvetski, Christopher W ^a   Lambert, James H ^b  

^a George Mason University   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

deep uncertainty; energy system; priority setting; risk analysis; scenario analysis; uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

DEEP UNCERTAINTY; ENERGY INVESTMENTS; ENERGY SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS; KNOWLEDGE BASIS; MICRO GRID; MICRO TURBINE; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS; NON-PROBABILISTIC UNCERTAINTY; PRIORITY-SETTING; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PROCESS;

INNOVATION; REENGINEERING; RISK ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84867571699     PISSN: 10981241     EISSN: 15206858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sys.21215     Document Type: Article

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