Sustainable concept selection using ELECTRE

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 651-656

  Vinodh, S ^a   Girubha, R Jeya ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

ELECTRE; Multi criterion decision making; Sustainability; Sustainable concepts

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; SERVICE INDUSTRY;

CONCEPT SELECTION; ECO-FRIENDLY PRODUCTS; ELECTRE; MANUFACTURING UNITS; MULTI DIMENSIONAL; MULTI-CRITERION DECISION MAKINGS; PROCESS ORIENTATION; SUSTAINABLE CONCEPTS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84868602035     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-011-0429-2     Document Type: Article

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